Yesterday I posted the cover version Johannes posted on youtube, today he is offering the lesson on how to play it. So take your chance to learn a beautiful little song. Lyrics and chords you can find in my other post here.
This is a lovely cover by Johannes Broborn played on bouzouki and mandolin.
{t:Blue Is The Eye}
{st:Ye Vagabonds}
Capo 1
A [D]crack in the [G]sky lends a [D]light to the [A]dark
The [D]wind blows the [G]ember of [A]coal from the [D]hearth
You [D]carry it [G]proudly through [D]ditches and [A]trees
And [Bm]cross the hor[G]izon to [A]lie down and [D]sleep
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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [Bm]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea
[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee
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[D]Over the [G]ocean tow[D]ard a new [A]world
The [Bm]city, the [G]island, the [A]tear and the [D]pearl
A [D]boat on the [G]water casts [D]out a clear [A]еye
The [Bm]darkness bе[G]neath us is [A]teeming with [D]life
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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea
[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee
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[D]Under the [G]fire from the [D]hearth on the [A]hill
The [D]coal and the [G]ember, they [A]glow away [D]still
[D]Songs to the [G]stranger, fa[D]miliar and [A]clear
[Bm]Ring out in [G]chorus for [A]all you hold [D]dear
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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea
[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee
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A [D]flash in the [G]dark glimmers [D]silver and [A]blue
[Bm]Breaches the [G]waves for a [A]moment or [D]two
[D]Moves away [G]slowly back [D]into the [A]deep
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea
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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea
[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling
[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee
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Johannes uses following chords:
D: 7,0,0,0
G: 12,9,0,0
D: 11,12,0,0
A: 9,11,0,0
D:7,7,0,0
G: 4,5,0,0
A: 6,7,0,0
D: 7,0,0,0
D: 7,0,0,0
G: 12,9,0,0
D: 11,12,0,0
A: 9,7,0,0
In the refrain he plays Bm instead of G in the first line, but I prefer the G there.
Bm: 4,4,0,0
G: 4,5,0,0
A: 2,2,0,0
D: 2,0,0,0
{title:Kitty Bawn O'Brien}
{subtitle:Allister MacGillivary}
[D]Soft blows the [G]wind both [D] sweet and warm
From the [G] peaks called [A7] Knockmeal [D]down,
The [D]songbird [G] sings his [D] weary [Bm]notes a[Em]bove Blackwater [A7]Sound;
From [A7]my heart no [D]joys de[A7]part‘s, no beauty can en[Bm]thral.
My[D]Kitty Bawn O'[G]Brien's [Em]gone to [A]far off Montre[D]al.
I met her at the Mallow Fair where lovers sport and play.
I watched her feet move lightly while the piper droned away.
She sang a song so lilting there, her hands beneath her shawl.
Now Kitty Bawn O'Brien's gone to far off Montreal.
I followed her to Waterford the day the ship set sail.
Her mother let the teardrops fall. Her father's face was pale.
I kissed her ere I lost her there, and sorely I recall,
My Kitty Bawn O'Brien's gone to far off Montreal.
And far across the ocean wide, a world from Knockmealdown,
My Kitty shines like silver in some gold Canadian town.
She'll charm some young French soldier there; to blame him I've no call.
My Kitty Bawn O'Brien's gone to far off Montreal.
