Cara Dillon

Maid Of Culmore Chords

Maid of Culmore - traditional Irish, I believe, has been recorded by Cara Dillon, Celtic Thunder 
and the Bothy Band, among others

I play this on capo 3 with a basic strumming pattern 


INTRO: Em    D      G   D      C


        Em           D         G   D       C 
Leaving sweet lovely Derry for fair London town
         Em         D             Em         Bm 
There is no  finer harbour all around can be found
          Em               D          Em          Bm
Where the youngsters each evening go down to the shore
        Em               D              G    D      C
And the sweet bells are ringing for the maid of Culmore


     Em           D            G   D    C 
The first time I saw her, she passed me by
         Em          D           Em         Bm 
And the next time I saw her, she bid me goodbye
        Em           D          Em                Bm 
And the last time I saw her, it grieved my heart sore
         Em               D     G     D        C
For she sailed down Lough Foyle, away from Culmore


   Em        D          G      D       C 
If I had the power the storms for to rise
        Em            D                Em          Bm 
I would make the wind blow out and I'd darken the skies
     Em            D                 Em           Bm 
I'd make the wind blow high and the salt seas to roar
          Em          D              G     D        C
'Til the day that my darling sailed away from Culmore


Instrumental, as verse

        Em           D           G        D   C 
To the far parts of America, my love I'll go seek
         Em            D         Em           Bm 
For it's there I know no one and no one knows me
    Em            D                Em          Bm 
But if  I don't find her, I'll return home no more
       Em           D              G    D        C
Like a pilgrim I'll wander for the maid of Culmore
       Em           D              G    D        C
Like a pilgrim I'll wander for the maid of Culmore