Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Shamrock Diaries" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G                          G/C
In waves of people you can lose your feet
G                              G/C
You’ve got to stay hard to the ground
G                      G/C
It gets so easy now to lose your way
G                        G/C
When you’re ever outward bound
C/F                          C/D
A church bell ringing in the fading light
C/F                    C/D
Stops you dead like a cold steel wall
F/G                          F/C
The ghost of yester-years is touching you
        C/F                G/D
And as sure as god you’ll fall

Chorus:
G         G/C G/A F/D
And I see you
G         G/C G/A F/D
And I see me
G        G/C G/A F/D
I see it all
        G         G/C G/A F/D
Like it used to be

And all the reasons why it started out
Hit you hard with every bell
The choir practice in the empty hall
Is a sound that you know so well
Like something lost inside your overcoat
You find it later, by mistake
You lost it all a thousand years ago
And you pray it's not too late

Chorus:
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like it used to be
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like a diary

Now I remember everything
Yea I remember how it used to be
With every note that choirboy sings
And I see me and I see you
I see it all just like it used to be


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Shamrock Diaries" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Shamrock Diaries" by Chris Rea.

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