May the Road Rise up to Meet You

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RETURN TO IRISH SONGS – Loretta Cassidy is Irish
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[CHORUS @ 3:4 Time]
May the [G] road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be at your [D7] back.
Sun shine down upon your face, clear away your [G] track.
May the [G] rain fall softy on your fields
’til we meet [D7] again.
May the [B7] road rise up to meet you,
and God [D7] hold you in his [G] hand.

[VERSE @ 4:4 Time]
[G] Grandma came from Ireland, [G7] to the USA
[C] brought this song from Ireland, [D7] sang it ev’ry day
[G] Now that Grandma’s left us, [G7] doesn’t seem she’s gone
[C] When we get to-[G]-gether we sing [D7] Grandma’s Irish song.

[CHORUS @ 3:4 Time]
May the [G] road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be at your [D7] back.
Sun shine down upon your face, clear away your [G] track.
May the [G] rain fall softy on your fields
’til we meet [D7] again.
May the [B7] road rise up to meet you,
and God [D7] hold you in his [G] hand.

[VERSE @ 4:4 Time]
[G] Could not see the highway, [G7] rain came down on me.
[C] Pulled into a truckstop, [D7] south of Tennessee.
[G] Drank a cup of coffee, [G7] headed for the door,
[C] waitress hollered [G] out to me, these [D7] words I’d heard before.

[VERSE @ 4:4 Time]
[G] Way down south in Dixie, [G7] all the world could see –
[C] Black and White divided, [D7] neither one was free.
[G] If we take the high road, [G7] hold each other’s hand
[C] we’ll be on that [G] mountain top and [D7] see that Promised Land.

[VERSE @ 4:4 Time]
[G] Take this Irish blessing, [G7] all of us can share.
[C7] Pass it down to our kids, [D7] when we can’t be there.
[G] If you lose direction, [G7] and you feel alone –
[C] sing this Irish [G] song to help you [D7] find your way back home.