Rathlin Island

	  		Intro

Verse 
          D 
I haven't slept since Wednesday evening 
           A                   Bm         G 
There is no sleep with all this grieving 
         D 
No music here, where once was singing 
          A 
Where once was singing 

Verse 
            D 
We are like ghosts here on Rathlin Island 
             A                     Bm      G 
All fleshless bone, all shamed and silent 
             D 
Our feet are stone where once was dancing 
          A 
Where once was dancing 

Chorus 
G     D          G        D 
Sail away, love, from the island 
G        D      A 
Sail out on the sea 
G      A        G       A 
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin 
   Bm    A    G       A G  A 
An baile i mo chroí 

Verse 
             D 
The waves are pounding Slough na Morra 
             A                    Bm        G 
Hundreds will sail, hundreds left mourning 
             D 
We will look back, beimid ar marthan 
          A 
Beimid ar marthan 

Instrumental 
Bm  A  G   Bm  A  E 
Bm  A  G   F#m E 

Bridge 
 D       G D                 A 
Ochon is ochon, the hills are wailing 
          F#m                G 
Carve our names in Clogh na Screeve 
 D       G D        G       A 
Ochon is ochon, the ship is sailing 
        F#m          G            Bm 
In ainm Dé, in ainm Dé a rach faimíd 

Verse 
        D 
Today I walk Raghery's headland 
           A                    Bm      G 
The welcome is warm here on the island 
        D 
Seventy strong, it's hard to leave them 
         A 
It's hard to leave them 

Chorus 
G     D          G        D 
Sail away, love, from the island 
G        D      A 
Sail out on the sea 
G      A        G       A 
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin 
   Bm    A    G 
An baile i mo chroí 


Chorus 
G     D          G        D 
Sail away, love, from the island 
G        D      A 
Sail out on the sea 
G      A        G       A 
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin 
   Bm    A    D 
An baile i mo chroí