Quiet desperation (video) (intro) (sample)

D - G - D - G

D G D Em

1. My soul is in the mountain, my heart is in the land,

G A D

I'm lost here in the city, there's so much I don't understand.

D G D - Em G A D

There's quiet desperation coming over me, coming over me.

A G D

I've got to leave I can't stay another day,

A - G D

there's an emptiness inside of me.

A G D - A

I can't bear the loneliness out here,

A7 G

there's another place I've got to be,

D

another place I’ve got to be. + G - D - G

D GD Em

2. I long for you, Dakota, the smell of sweet grass on the plain,

G A D

I see too much meanness and I feel too much pain.

D G D - Em G A D

There's quiet desperation coming over me, coming over me.

+ CHORUS + D - Em - G - A - D (2x)

+ instrumental = CHORUS + D - G - D - G - D - G - D - G - D

(Christy Moore)