Текст песни с аккордами
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I’m playing in DADGAD, capo 1. Chording is based off capo’d fret.
The F#m is usually just walk-down or up on the bass fret.
[Intro – use chords from Verse 1]
[Verse 1]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
My name is Richard Joyce, my story I will tell
D F#m G D G A
In poverty I left this land in Galway I did dwell
G A Bm D A Bm
14 years in slavery the Moors they held command
Em G D G A
Lives were cheap we were sold like sheep, in Algiers burning land
[Verse 2]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Well, I gave myself in servitude for 7 long years or more
D F#m G D G A
Bidding goodbye to kit and kin, we sailed out from the shore
G A Bm D A Bm
And as we took our last fond look on Ireland’s glittering strand
Em G D G A
To Barbados and the sugar cane, the Captain would sell all hands
D F#m G D A Bm
Sell all hands! Captain would sell all hands!
Em G D G A
To Barbados and the sugar cane, the Captain would sell all hands
[Verse 3]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Well, we hadn’t been on the deep, for two days but barely three
D F#m G D G A
When on a brisk and blowy day three distant sail did see
G A Bm D A Bm
They beat a course towards us and we tacked our ship about
Em G D G A
But they gave chase and soon gained pace and rolled their cannon out
[Verse 4]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
And when I saw that sickle flag curling scimitar in each hand
D F#m G D G A
The fear it struck a heavy blow we hatched to fight or stand
G A Bm D A Bm
Those fearsome Janissaries, all from their native land
Em G D G A
Had come to pillage and plunder, and chain us in iron bands
D F#m G D A Bm
Iron Bands! Chain us in iron bands!
Em G D G A
Had come to pillage and plunder, and chain us in iron bands
[Verse 5]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Well broadside to broadside, soon we were engaged
D F#m G D G A
They grappled hooked and boarded us as the battle raged
G A Bm D A Bm
But we were far outnumbered and soon the flag came down
Em G D G A
To the beats and blows of this pirate foe we surrendered every man
[Verse 6]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Well, the Reis he viewed his captives and he said to Barbary we were bound
D F#m G D G A
Thrown into the hole, me boys, our ankles chained around
G A Bm D A Bm
Fed in trough with pack and slop we slept where we did stand
Em G D G A
And how I curse and rue the day, we left ole Ireland
D F#m G D A Bm
Ireland! Left ole Ireland!
Em G D G A
Oh how I curse and rue the day, we left ole Ireland
[Instrumental]
D F#m G G F#m A
D G F#m A D G F#m A
D F#m G G F#m A
D G F#m A D G F#m D
[Verse 7]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Three months we were at sea, till we docked to yells and jeers
D F#m G D G A
Brought up but blinded in the light in the port of old Algiers
G A Bm D A Bm
First, they sold our women, to the harems they were bound
Em G D G A
Most men went to the salt mines and a life in hell they found
[Verse 8]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Now I had apprenticed as a boy, and fashioned rings of gold
D F#m G D G A
The Reis he told the auctioneer who had me bought and sold
G A Bm D A Bm
To a goldsmith for the Sultan, who needed a helping hand
Em G D G A
Kind Providence had saved my life in this fierce and foreign land
[Verse 9]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Well, he took me in and fed me, and tended to my wounds
D F#m G D G A
And taught me all the craft he knew of gold and precious stones
G A Bm D A Bm
As the weeks rolled into months, and months rolled into years
Em G D G A
I became a master of my trade, a goldsmith in Algiers
D F#m G D A Bm
In Algiers! A goldsmith in Algiers!
Em G D G A
I became a master of my trade, a goldsmith in Algiers
[Verse 10]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Now I fashion fine things, for the Sultan to behold
D F#m G D G A
Challises, necklaces, rings of beaten gold
G A Bm D A Bm
The finest work among them all, it was a wedding band
Em G D G A
A golden heart held tenderly between two loving hands
D F#m G D A Bm
Heart in hand! Heart in loving hand!
Em G D G A
A golden heart held tenderly between two loving hands
[Verse 11]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
Well finally the news came, that I was to be free
D F#m G D G A
The king demanded our release, the Sultan he agreed
G A Bm D A Bm
My master begged me for to stay, even offered his daughter’s hand
Em G D G A
But I bid Algiers adieu with safe passage to Ireland
[Verse 12]
A A7 D G F#m Bm
And now I’m back in Claddagh, where I was born and bred
D F#m G D G A
With a wife and three daughters, a house and farmstead
G A Bm D A Bm
Still, I make rings and fine things, for the great and grand
Em G D G A
But my favorite is the Claddagh ring, with it’s heart and loving hand
D F#m G D A Bm
Heart in hand! Heart in loving hand!
Em G D G A
My favorite is the Claddagh ring, with it’s heart and loving hand
D F#m G D A Bm
Heart in hand! Heart in loving hand!
Em G D G A
My favorite is the Claddagh ring, with it’s heart and loving hand
[Outro]
D F#m G G F#m A
D G F#m A D G F#m A
D F#m G G F#m A
D G F#m A D G F#m D
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