The Isle of Innisfree

I've met some (G)folks who say that I'm a (C)dreamer.

And I've no (D)doubt there's truth in what they (G)say.

But sure a body is (Dm6)bound to be a (C)dreamer

(Am7)when all the (D)things he (D7)loves are far (G)away.

(Am)And (C)precious (G)things are dreams unto an (C)exile.

(Am)They take him (D)o'er the (D7)land across the (G)sea.

(Am)(D)Especially (G)when it (Dm)happens (G7)he's an (C)exile (Am7)from that dear (D)lovely (D7)Isle of (G)Inisfree.

And when the (C)moonlight peeps across the (G)rooftops

of this great (A)city,

wondrous though it (C)be.

I (D)scarcely (Bm11)feel its (G7)wonder or its (C)laugher,

(Am7)I'm once (D)again back (D7)home in (Em)Inisfree.

(C)I wander (G)o'er green hills through dreamy (C)valleys,

and find a (D)peace no (D7)other land could (G)know.

(C)I hear the (Dm6)birds make (G7)music fit for (Am)angels and (A)watch the (D)rivers (D7)laughing as they (G)flow.

And then (Em)into a (Bm)humble shack I (C)wander,

(Am7)my dear old (D)home and tenderly (G)behold.

(C)The folks I (Dm)love (G7)around the turf fire (C)gathered (Am7)on bended (D)knee their (D7)rosary is (G)told.

But dreams don't (C)last though dreams are not (Gmaj7)forgotten

(G)and soon I'm (A7)back to stern (Dsus)reality.

(D7)But though they (G7)pave the footways here with (C)gold dust,

(Am7)I still would (D)choose the Isle of (D#dim7)(Em)Inesfree.

(Am7)I still would (D)choose the (D7)Isle of (G)Inisfree.