G C D
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail
C G Am D
I think about the last few weeks Oh will they say we failed
G C D
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty
C G D G
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me.
[Chorus]
D C G
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C G D
They take me out at dawn and I will die
C G
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
C G D G
There wont be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
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G C D
Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
C G Am D
The love I bear for these brave men my love for this brave land
G C D
But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O.
C G D G
I had to leave my own sick bed to him I had to go.
[Chorus]
D C G
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C G D
They take me out at dawn and I will die
C G
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
C G D G
There wont be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
G C D
Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking to
C G Am D
As I walk out on this May morn my thoughts will be of you
G C D
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know
C G D G
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose
[Chorus]
D C G
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C G D
They take me out at dawn and I will die
C G
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
C G D G
There wont be time to share our love so we must say goodbye
