Intro: G C G C G C G
Verse
N.C. G C D
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham gaol
C G D
I think about these past few weeks, will they say we've failed?
G C D
From our schooldays they have told us we must yearn for liberty
C G Em D G
Yet all I want in this dark place, is to have you here with me
D C G
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C G/D G/B D
They'll 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 Em D G C G C G C G
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye
Verse
N.C. G C D
Now I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever understand
C G D
The love I bare for these brave men, the love for my dear land
G C D
But when Padraic called me to his side, down in the GPO
C G Em D G
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go
D C G
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C G/D G/B D
They'll 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 Em D G C G C G C G
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye
Verse
C D
Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too
C G D
On this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be of you
G C D
And I'll write some words upon the wall, so everyone will know
C G Em D G
I loved so much that I could see, his blood upon the rose
D C G
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C G/D G/B D
They'll 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 Em D G
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye
C G Em D G
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye
Outro: C G C G C G