INTRO: C F C It's been ten years and three since I first went to sea F C G Since I've sailed from old Ireland and home C F C But those hills lush and green were a part of my dream F G C When I dreamed of my Colleen Malone F C On the day I returned to my sorrow I learned F C G That the angels had called her away C F C To a grave on a hill overlooking the mill F G C That's the place where she's sleeping today CHORUS: G F C As the soft breezes blow, through the meadow I go F C G Past the mill with the moss covered stone F C Up the pathway I climb, through the woods and the vines F G C To be with my Colleen Malone F C She was faithful each day as I sailed far away F C G There was no one but me that she loved C F C And I remember those eyes, soft and blue as the skies F G C And her heart was as pure as a dove CHORUS: G F C As the soft breezes blow, through the meadow I go F C G Past the mill with the moss covered stone F C Up the pathway I climb, through the woods and the vines F G C To be with my Colleen Malone INSTRUMENTAL: C F C F C G C F C F G C F C All the years of my life I will not take a wife F C G I will live in this valley alone C F C Planting flowers around in the soft gentle ground F G C That's holding my Colleen Malone CHORUS: G F C As the soft breezes blow, through the meadow I go F C G Past the mill with the moss covered stone F C Up the pathway I climb, through the woods and the vines F G C To be with my Colleen Malone F C Up the pathway I climb, through the woods and the vines F G C To be with my Colleen Malone OUTRO: C F C F C F C F C