Only Our Rivers Run Free
(Key D Capo 2nd Fret)
Intro: 1 2 3 1 2 3 G 2 3 G 2 3 Am 2 3 Am 2
When apples still grow in November
When blossoms still grow from each tree
When leaves are still green in December
It's then that our land will be free.
I wander her hills and her valleys
And still through my sorrow I see
A land that has never known freedom
And only her rivers run free.

I drink to the death of her manhood
Those men who would rather have died
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
To bring back their rights were denied.
Oh where are you now when we need you
What burns where the flame used to be
Are you gone like the snows of last winter
And will only her rivers run free
(Instrumental Verse/Chorus)
C G C F C G F C Am G Am
F C F Em F C Am G Am

How sweet is life but we're crying
How mellow the wine but we're dry
How fragrant the rose but it's dying
How gentle the wind but it sighs.
What good is in youth when it's ageing
What joy is in eyes that can't see
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
And still only her rivers run free.
What good is in youth when it's ageing
What joy is in eyes that can't see
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
And still only her rivers run free.
And still only(slow) her rivers run free.
Arranged by Frank Lennon
www.socc.ie/~irishmidifiles

Only Our Rivers Run Free
Bass
Piano
Melody (Cello)
Strings
Strings
Guitar
Trem Strings
Drums
Only Our Rivers Run Free
Key D
Last chorus repeat
Last line repeat aand slow
1  Instrumental
2 1st verse
3  2nd verse
4   Instrumental
5    3rd verse
6   repeat chorus
Sequenced-Frank Lennon
www.socc.ie/~midiclass
flennon@indigo.ie