Bonnie Portmore chords by Loreena Mckennitt

No Capo.


Verse 1:


 G     Am     C       Am
O Bonnie Portmore, I am sorry to have seen

   G     Am        C    G
Such woeful destruction of your ornament tree

    Am      Bm     Am      C
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day

     Am       Bm       Am    D
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away

Verse 2:


G      Am    C        Am
O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand

    G      Am     C      G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long

  Am    Bm    Am     C
If I had you now, as I had once before

    Am      Bm        Am      D
All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore




Verse 3:

    G      Am       C    Am
All the birds in the forest, they do bitterly weep

     G       Am     C       G
Sighing, "Where shall we shelter, o where shall we sleep?"

    Am     Bm      Am   C
For the oak and the ash, they are all cut down

    Am       Bm        Am     D
And the walls of Bonnie Portmore they are down to the ground




Verse 4:

G      Am    C        Am
O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand

    G      Am     C      G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long

  Am    Bm    Am     C
If I had you now, as I had once before

    Am      Bm        Am      D
All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore.