Irish Angel

Written by Bruce McCabe Transcribed 
by Nick Gibson
My mp3 is 4:50 long, and the 
beginning is slightly cut off. I 
have tabbed out what I
is how the intro would be played if 
you could hear it!


Intro: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em 
                                    
C G
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hear this part)
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B|-10s12-10-8---8---10s12~~--8p7-
G|------------7---7--------------
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
e|---------------------------------7-10~~-10-8-7-5-3-| 
B|8-10-(10)s12-8-----8p7-8--8-8~~--------------------| 
G|---------------7~~---------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 


Verse:
G Em C G
In the fall of the year, she flew 
across the ocean
G D/F# Em C D
To Ireland, the land of her fathers
G Em C G
When we said goodbye, a tear was in 
her eye
G D/F# Em C G
I lost her then and there, my Irish 
angel


Verse:
G Em C G
The first letter came, she said she 
loved it there
G D/F# Em C D
And how much she wished I was there 
with her
G Em C G
She wrote it on a hill, in a gentle 
Irish rain
G D/F# Em C G
I saw her in my mind, my Irish angel


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Chorus:
C D G C
I wrote her back and then there was 
no second letter
C G D
Just the silence of the snow that 
fell around me
G Em C G
I let her down, I know, the day I 
let her go
G D/F# Em C G
Now she's found someone else, my 
Irish angel


Solo: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C D  
e|--------------------------------
B|-10s12-10-8---8---10s12~~-12s10-
G|------------7---7---------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
  GEm C G G D/F# Em Em C G
e|----------------------------7-10~-
B|8-10-10s12-8-----8p7-8--8-8-------
G|-------------7~~------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------
e|10-8-7-5h7p5-3s5-5-| 
B|-------------------| 
G|-------------------| 
D|-------------------| 
A|-------------------| 
E|-------------------| 

e|-5s7-10-10~--7-5-3~--3p2-3-5-
B|-----------------------------
G|-----------------------------
D|-----------------------------
A|-----------------------------
E|-----------------------------
e|5s7-3-----------------7-10~-10-8-7-5-3--| 
B|------3~~--8p7-8--8-8-------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------| 


Verse:
G Em C G
The first time I saw her, my heart 
went in a spin
G D/F# Em C D
When they speak of love they call it
 fallin
G Em C G
It was like I held my breath, 'til 
laid eyes on her again
G D/F# Em C G
Too beautiful, she was my Irish 
angel


Chorus:
C D G C
And when I stole a glance, then too 
a stolen kiss
C G D
I thought I knew the chance that I 
was takin'
G Em C G
And though I never knew a love as 
strong as this
G D/F# Em C G
Or what it was to feel my own heart 
breaking


Solo: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C D  
e|---------------------------10-
B|-10s12-10-8---8---10s12~~-----
G|------------7---7-------------
D|------------------------------
A|------------------------------
E|------------------------------
  GEm C G G D/F# Em Em C G
e|10s-8-8s-7-7~~--8s10-10s12-10-10s-
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e|-17s19-15-17-17~~--15-15~~--14-
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e|10-10-10s12-12-10-(7)-(7)-8p7-
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8p7~~-5-7-8-7-3s5-3-3s5-| 
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e|-3-5-7~~--7s8-7--------------
B|----------------10~~--8p7-8--
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D|-----------------------------
A|-----------------------------
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e|--------------------------| 
B|5s7-3s5--1p0--------------| 
G|-------------2p0---0h2-0--| 
D|--------------------------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|-----------------3--------| 


Chorus:
C D G C
So now I raise a glass and then I 
raise another
C G D
One to forget, one to remember
G Em C G
And one just to dream of how things 
could have been
G D/F# Em C G
If I hadn't lost my Irish angel


Outro: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C G
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B|-10s12-10-8---8---10s12~~-12s10-
G|------------7---7---------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
e|----------------------------7-10~-
B|8-10-10s12-8-----8p7-8--8-8-------
G|-------------7~~------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------
e|10-8-7-5h7p5-3-5-5h7-3-------| 
B|-----------------------3-----| 
G|-------------------------5-4-| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------|