Waterboys – The Stolen Child chords

[Intro]
G  D  Em    G  D  Em
C  G  Am    C  G  Am  C

[Chorus]
      G          D            EmCome away, human child to the water
      G          D            Em                  CCome away, human child to the water and the wild
       G                    Am   CWith a faery, hand in hand
        G                    Am           C                  GFor the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

[Verse] (Spoken)
                     D       Em                           GWhere dips the rocky highland of Sleuth Wood in the lake
                   D             EmThere lies a leafy island, where flapping herons wake
                 C     GThe drowsy water rats
                          AmThere we've hid our faery vats
               C   GFull of berries
Am                    C   GAnd of reddest stolen cherries

[Chorus]
      G          D            EmCome away, human child to the water
      G          D            Em                  CCome away, human child to the water and the wild
       G                    Am   CWith a faery, hand in hand
        G                    Am           C                  GFor the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

[Verse] (Spoken)
                  D                     Em                         GWhere the wave of moonlight glosses the dim grey sands with light
           D                   EmFar off by furthest Rosses, we foot it all the night
                      C                           GWeaving olden dances, mingling hands and mingling glances
                        AmTill the moon has taken flight
                  CTo and fro we leap and chase the frothy bubbles
G                                   AmWhile the world is full of troubles
               CAnd is anxious in its sleep

[Chorus]
      G          D            EmCome away, human child to the water
      G          D            Em                  CCome away, human child to the water and the wild
       G                    Am   CWith a faery, hand in hand
        G                    Am           C                  GFor the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

[Verse] (Spoken)
          D                     Em                               GWhere the wandering water gushes from the hills above Glen Carr
                  D                                 EmIn pools among the rushes that scarce could bathe a star
                       C                             GWe seek for slumbering trout and whispering in their ears
       Am                    CWe give them unquiet dreams
                        G                     AmLeaning softly out from ferns that drop their tears
                       COver the young streams

[Instrumental]
G  D  Em    G  D  Em
C  G  Am    C  G  Am  C  G

[Verse] (Spoken)
          D             Em                GAway with us he's going, the solemn-eyed
                       D             Em                          CHe'll hear no more the lowing of the calves on the warm hillside
                     G   AmOr the kettle on the hob, sing peace into his breast
   C                  G     Am                   COr see the brown mice bob, around and around the oatmeal-chest

[Chorus]
       G                D             EmFor he comes, the human child, to the water
   G                D            Em                  CHe comes, the human child to the water and the wild
       G                    Am   CWith a faery, hand in hand
       G                  Am           C                 GFrom a world more full of weeping than he can understand

[Chorus]
      D       Em   GHuman child
      D       Em   CHuman child
       G                    Am   CWith a faery, hand in hand
       G                  Am           CFrom a world more full of weeping than he can understand
CThan he can understand, he can understand

[Outro]
G  D  Em  C