The Ashgrove Chords

[Intro]
C  Am  Dm  G
C  F  C G C
 
[Verse]
                   Am            Dm           G
The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking
    C                    F            C        G   C
The harp wind through it playing, has language for me
             Am                Dm          G
Wherever the light through the branches is breaking
  C            F        C      G  C
A host of kind faces is gazing on me
 
[Verse]
                  F          Dm         G
The friends of my childhood again are before me
     C            Am         D        G
Each step wakes a memory, as freely I roam
     C             Am         Dm            G
With soft whispers laden, its leaves rustle o'er me
    C              F           C       G C
The ash grove, the ash grove, again is my home
 
[Instrumental]
C  Am  Dm  G
C  F  C G C
 
[Verse]
                  Am           Dm           G
Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander
     C           F        C      G  C
When twilight is fading I pensively rove
                 Am          Dm       G
Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander
 C            F             C      G   C
Amid the dark shades of the lonely ash grove
 
[Verse]
                      Am            Dm         G
'Twas there while the blackbird was cheerfully singing
  C              Am            D7        G
I first met that dear one, the joy of my heart
 C            Am           Dm             G
Around us for gladness the bluebells were springing
    C              F               C         G  C
The ash grove, the ash grove, that sheltered my home
 
[Outro]
                   Am         Dm            G
With soft whispers laden, its leaves rustle o'er me
    C              F           C       G  C
The ash grove, the ash grove, alone is my home
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