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Isle of Innisfree

D7            G                        D7 
I've met some folks who say that I'm a dreamer 
                              Am        G    D7
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say
           G      G7            C
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
     A7      D7                      G
When all the things he loves are far away
D7           G                         D7
And precious things are dreams unto an exile
                       Am7        G      D7
They take him o'er the land across the sea
           G                       C
Especially when it happens he's an exile
     A7        D7                  G
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree
             C                          G
And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops
         A7                     D    D7
Of this great city, wondrous tho' it be
           G                      C
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
         D7                       G
I'm once again back home in Innisfree

And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops
Of this great city, wondrous tho' it be
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
I'm once again back home in Innisfree

I wander o'er green hills through dreamy valleys
And find a peace no other land could know
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laugh as they flow

But dreams don't last, though dreams are not forgotten
And soon I'm back to stern reality
But though they pave the footpaths here with gold-dust
I still would choose my Isle of Innisfree