Colleen Malone chords

[Colleen Malone - Words and music - Leroy Drumm & Pete Gobel]

[Key of E (C Postion, Capo 4th Fret)]

[INTRO]
[C] xxx [F] xxx [F] xxx [F] xxx [G] xxx [C] xxx

[VERSE 1]
[C]It'sx been ten years and t[F]hreex since I f[C]irstx went to sea
Since I've [F] sailedx from old [D] Irelandx and [G] homex
But those [C] hillsx lush and [F] greenx were a [C] partx of my dream
When I [F] dreamedx of my [G] Colleenx Ma[C]lonex

[VERSE 2]
[C]Onx the day I ret[F]urnedx to my s[C]orrowx I learned
That the [F] angelsx had [D] calledx her a[G]wayx
To a [C] gravex on a [F] hillx over[C]lookingx the mill
That's the [F] placex where she's [G] sleepingx to[C]dayx

[CHORUS]
As the [G] softx breezes blow, through the [F] meadowx I [C] gox
Past the [F] millx with the [C] mossx covered [G] stonex
Up the pathway I climb, through the [F] woodsx and the [C] vinesx
To [F] bex with my [G] Colleenx Ma[C]lonex

[VERSE 3]
[C]Shex was faithful each d[F]ayx as I s[C]ailedx far away
There was [F] nox one but [D] mex that she [G] lovedx
And I re[C]memberx those [F] eyes,x soft and [C] bluex as the skies
And her [F] heartx was as [G] purex as a [C] dovex

[CHORUS]
As the [G] softx breezes blow, through the [F] meadowx I [C] gox
Past the [F] millx with the [C] mossx covered [G] stonex
[G] Upx the pathway I climb, through the w[F]oodsx and the v[C]inesx
To [F] bex with my [G] Colleenx Ma [C] lonex

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[C] xxx [F] xxx [C] xxx [F] xxx [D] xxx [G] xxx [C] xxx [F] xxx [C] xxx [F] xxx [G] xxx [C] xxx

[VERSE 4]
All the years of my [F] lifex I will [C] notx take a wife
I will [F] livex in this [D] valleyx a[G]lonex
Planting [C] flowersx a[F]roundx in the [C] softx gentle ground
That's [F] holdingx my [G] Colleenx Ma[C]lonex

[CHORUS]
As the [G] softx breezes blow, through the [F] meadowx I [C] gox
Past the [F] millx with the [C] mossx covered [G] stonex
[G] Upx the pathway I climb, through the w[F]oodsx and the v[C]inesx
To [F] bex with my [G] Colleenx Ma[C]lonex
[G]Upx the pathway I climb, through the w[F]oodsx and the v[C]inesx
To [F] bex with my [G] Colleenx Ma[C]lonex