Tir n'a Noir - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
With original lyrics by norwegian poet Kolbein Falkeid and composition by member of Norwegian group "Vamp" Øyvind Staveland, translated to english by David Mindel, japanese artist Emi Fujita made a great version after Vamp touring Japan in 2001 and collaborating on Fujita's debut solo album "Camomile". Original Norwegian version was released in 1993."Tir n'a Noir" is the modern equivalent to "Tir na Nóg" : the Irish equivalent to the Greek "Elysium" i.e. Paradise, or in celtic more like "land of the youth". Falkeid is personifying an old sailor dreaming about his lost Irish love or late Irish wife. The tune itself is remarkably celtic.
A Amaj7 Dmaj7 E7/9 it is cold November and the sea crashes in A F#m Bm7 E7 but I still do remember though the memory grows dim A Amaj7 Dmaj7 E7/9 to a magical summer with sweet Mary McKear A E7 A in the west : in Tir n'a Noir A F#m Bm7 E7/9 E7 were you there as a dream though it all seems so real A F#m Bm7 E7/9 E7 with the laughter I hear and the touch I can feel? A Amaj Dmaj7 E7/9 far beyond the horizon where the fog disappears A E7 A you were mine my Mary McKear
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