C G Am
It seemed like everything we heard and hoped might be true
C Am F
We got a ride right away and she took us to the dunes
Am G C
And we fell asleep to the sounds of a carnival
Am G C
From a village further down the beach
Am G C Am
We woke up the next morning on a bed of tiny flowers,
C G C
Packed the tent and went to get somethin' to eat
Am C
We bought a cheap jar of peanut butter and a loaf of fresh white bread,
Am F G
We made sandwiches on the beach; life doesn't get any better than this
C G Am
We walked in for free to the first castle that we found
C G Am F
It was empty, it was late, it became our campground
Am G C F
And we spotted a tent and we met another camper
Am G C
And he told us his sad story--
Am G C F Am G C
Well he had been dumped by a girl that he loved, but he told us not to worry
Am C
You can camp anywhere, no one's gonna care; why would they?
Am
"It's not like this at home," we told him, "you know"
F G
He said your home's so far away
C G Am
We went west all the way 'til the land ran out
C G Am F
We slept at an empty house in the middle of a tiny town
Am G C F Am G C
We met a man at a crossroads who said it was his dream to someday come to Bloomington
Am G C F Am G C
We thought it was funny because for you and me, it was our dream to be here in Ireland
Am
He was a big fan of John Melloncamp;
C
we told him everything we knew about him
Am
We invited him to come and stay at our house;
F G
when we got to our stop he didn't want us to get out
C F Am
We stayed the night at the house of a guy from Albany
C Am F
He was glad to meet Americans; he made us spaghetti
Am G C F Am G C
And we met a man who said he was a doctor and he took us on some of his house calls
Am G C F
He taught us the best way to get a donkey to come to you
Am C F
is not to pay them any attention at all
Am C
And I crawled to the edge and peeked over my head and looked down to the sea
Am F G
It was two thousand feet to the water below; it looked so blue, it looked so deep
C F Am C
And don't ever let 'em tell you that it rains in Ireland
C F G C
Well if they tell you that you can be sure they've never been
C F Am C
'Cause the sun is always shinin' and the hills are always green
C F G C
And the people are always smilin' and offerin' you drinks
G - Am - G
C Am
We'd set up our tent on the cliffs right by the sea
C Am F
Almost every night and the waves rocked us to sleep
Am G C F
A postman from Wales and his friend from England
Am G C
Bought us fries at the westernmost pub
Am G C F
We sat with them and two others we'd met
Am G C
And we all watched the postman get drunk
Am C
And at first the Burren might seem like a waste land of broken stones
Am F G
Look in the cracks and you'll see there's a secret there that grows
C G Am
And Galway City really feels a lot like home
C G Am F
We went through Connemara and up to Sligo
Am G C F
And at the Slieve League we couldn't see anything;
Am G C
We decided that we should turn back
Am G C F
The mist was so thick that we couldn't find our feet
Am G C
And the trail was called Deadman's Pass
Am C
On one side it was three thousand feet down to the ocean
Am
The other was two thousand feet to the ground
F G
And anyway our time was running out
C G Am
And we crossed the country in less than a day
C G Am F
Our last ride to Dublin asked us the same things
Am G C F
They asked if we had any kin from Ireland;
Am G C
They were surprised when we said no
Am G C F
When I said I didn't drink and hadn't tried Guinness yet
Am G C
They were the first ones to say, "way to go"
Am C
And as our ferry was leaving the Emerald Isle behind
Am F G
We were already making our plans to come back sometime
C F Am C
And don't ever let 'em tell you that it rains in Ireland
C F G C
Well if they tell you that you can be sure they've never been
C F Am C
'Cause the sun is always shinin' and the hills are always green
C F G C
And people are always smilin' and offerin' you drinks