Yvonne Catterfeld

My Irish Bonnie Lass

Yvonne Catterfeld


Tom: C#m

B         Dbm
You never saw me leave 
E          B
Never heard 
             A                
I was too proud 
                               Abm
to show you my tears I was seventeen 


[Verse 1]

Dbm                    
The postcards were few 
E                          B         
I didn't have the words to tell you 
A                                
I was doing well but it was hard 
            B    
Not having you

F#m               
Someday you will 
                B                 
understand my reason for leaving 
F#m                        B 
Someday you will be seventeen
 

[Refrain]

        Dbm               E
And the road that I will go
              B            A   
Through the streets of America
          Dbm              E         
From its furthest northern shores 
                  B 
To its southern seas
       Dbm           E   
And one day I'll return 
      B                 A
To the green fields of Ireland 
         Dbm              
Where my Irish bonny lass 
E              B
Who waits for me 


[Verse 2]

       Dbm        
I can picture now 
      B               
As the evening sun comes to praise you 
    A                                    Ab  
A golden hue of light reflects on your face 
                  Dbm
How sweet is your smile
      B            
I remember it well
            A                    
Though I'm here on foreign site 
                      B
My thoughts are with you 


[Refrain]

        Dbm               E
And the road that I will go
              B            A   
Through the streets of America
          Dbm              E         
From its furthest northern shores 
                  B 
To its southern seas
       Dbm           E   
And one day I'll return 
      B                 A
To the green fields of Ireland 
         Dbm              
Where my Irish bonny lass 
E              B
Who waits for me 


[Outro]

            Dbm
Say you’ll wait for me

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