[A]                 n                    living at the edge of the realm n                                     [B          D]  n                       seems quite tempting to me, n                               [A]                          n              far from the concrete and the sodium light n                               [B                 D]  n                      and next to the emerald sea. n                                 [F#m]               n                        teacher's out of the room n                                              [B]   -  [D] n                     and the cat's away for a while n                            [A]                            n               and it's drink, drink to get drunk time: n                              [B]                      [D]    n            wash out the culture and bring on the style. n n            [F#m               A      B                 D]    n           there's another country i've heard of long ago; n                     [F#m                    A     B] n                     so dear to them that love her; n                                               [Dm]    n                     most great to them that know. n n                                   [A]                 n                    living at the edge of the realm, n                                   [B         D]       n                     doing much more as you please. n                                [A]                        n               watching the sunset over mallory square n                      [B]                          [D]     n                 and supping on the juice of the keys. n                           [F#m]                          n                 and there's always that nagging sense n                                                [B]   -  [D] n                 that you're not just miles from home n                           [A]                           n                 'cos it might as well be light years, n                           [B]                          [D]    n           wrapped up in glitter and chilled to the bone. n n             [E       B F#m         A]                     [E] n           so strange that i'm tempted to go to the edge; n                          [B    F#m                    E] n               so strange, yet like the prodigal i go. n                             [B     F#m    A            E]  n            and i'd have fallen had the world been flat, n                             [B              F#m]    n                        or did your hand hold on n                                  [D] - [Dm         A] n                       and keep me from the fall. n n                                    [A]                n                     chosing to be outside the fold n                                [B                 D] n                     from kerry to kirkwall skies. n                                             [A] n                             out on the edge, n n                      trading love and the hearth, n                                [B                 D] n                      for the thrill and surprise. n                                  [F#m]              n                       yet i know another country, n                                           [B]  - [D] n                          that's mapped within, n                                           [A] n                 and it's always time to return there, n                                     [B           D] n                       no matter where i've been. n n