Eileen Aroon

Gerald Griffin (1803-1840), from the Gaelic of Carrol O'Daly (1300's)
As played by Bob Dylan in St Louis, MO, June 17th 1988
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

Chords:

E       022100
Esus4   022200
A       002220
F#m7'   202200   (w/thumb on 6th string)
E/G#    422100   or 476454 or some other variant with 
                 the two lowest strings open; the only essential 
                 tone is the G# on the 6th string
A'      577600
B'      799800
C#m     x46654   or x46650

E   Esus4  E  Esus4

E          Esus4  E
There is a valley fair
  A   F#m7' E
Eileen Aroon
           Esus4   E
There is a cottage there
  A   F#m' E
Eileen Aroon
E/G#       A'           E/G#     B'
Far in the valley shade I know a tender maid
E/G#          A     C#m      A   F#m7' E
Flow'r of the hazel glade, Eileen Aroon.

Were she no longer true
Eileen Aroon
What would her lover do
Eileen Aroon
Fly with a broken chain
far cross the sounding main
Never to love again, Eileen Aroon.

Who in the time so fleet
Eileen Aroon
Who in the song so sweet
Eileen Aroon
Dearer her charms to me
dearer her laughter free
Dearer her constancy
Eileen Aroon.

Youth will in time decay
Eileen Aroon
Beauty must fade away
Eileen Aroon
Castles are sacked in war
chieftains are scattered far
Truth is a fixed star
Eileen Aroon. 

Additional first verse

When, like the dawning day 
Eileen Aroon 
Love sends his early ray 
Eileen Aroon. 
What makes his dawning glow 
Changeless through joy and woe 
Only the constant know 
Eileen Aroon.