(Standard Tuning, capo on first fret, ¾ time, Key A)
[Intro]
A D E A

[Riff 1]
f |---0----------------------------------------2--0---------------------------|
C |-----3--2-0-2-----0-3-4-3-4-0---0-3-4-3-4--------0-2-----------------------|
G#|--------------2------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
A D
I am a young fellow who sails a salt sea
E A
 Byhearted wherever I roam
A D
 Until thine sweet Anne from the town of Tralee
E A
 And now I think only of home
A D
 When I am out on the ocean there far
E A
 I dream that I’m holding her tight
A D
 For her I would raid the moon and the stars
E A
 Just to lie in her arms through the night

[Chorus]
D E A A
 Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
 I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
 And never again would I leave her
B E A
 For she is the girl I adore
B E A

[Verse 2]
A D
 We married that spring and contented were they
E A
 As only true lovers can be
A D
 But as captain did call That he had to obey
E A
 And return one last time to the sea

[Chorus]
D E A A
 Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
 I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
 And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
B E A

[Verse 3]
A D
 A storm it is raging The sails are all torn
E A
 Our ship it is far from the land
A D
 I grieve from my life Though I face death with scorn
E A
 But I grieve ten times more for sweet Anne

[Chorus]
D E A A
 Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
 I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
 And never again would I leave her
B E A
 For she is the girl I adore

[Bridge] 
A D E A (x2)

[Riff 1]
f |---0----------------------------------------2--0---------------------------|
C |-----3--2-0-2-----0-3-4-3-4-0---0-3-4-3-4--------0-2-----------------------|
G#|--------------2------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 2]
f |---0------------------------------------------2--0-------------------------|
C |-----3---2-0-2-----0-3-4-3-4-0----0-3-4-3-4--------0-----------------------|
G#|--------------2--------------------------------------2---------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Key change up 1 step to Key C)

[Verse 4]
B E
 Sometimes in the night She'll go down to the sea
F# B
 Call out his name from the shore
B E
 Its been many long years But she waits faithfully
F# B
 For her lover returned nevermore

[Chorus] (x2)
E F# B B
 Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
B E F# F#
 I'd fly to my love on the shore
B E F# F#
 And never again would I leave her
C# F# B
 For she is the girl I adore
E F# B B
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
B E F# F#
 I'd fly to my love on the shore
B E F# F#
 And never again would I leave her
C# F# B
 For she is the girl I adore
B E F# F#
C# F# B