Come Out Ye Black And Tans chords by Wolfe Tones
Verse 1
[Guitar melody]
Am
I was born on a Dublin street
G
where the Royal drums the beat
Am
And those loving English feet
they walked all over us
C
And every single night
G
Em
when me da' would come home tight
Am
G
Am
He'd invite the neighbors out with this chorus
Chorus 1
Am
Come out ye black and tans,
G
come out and fight me like a man
Am
Show your wife how you won medals
down in Flanders
C
Tell her how the IRA
G
Em
made you run like hell away
Am
G
From the green and lovely lanes
Am
of Killasshandra
Verse 2
Am
Come let us hear you tell
G
how you slandered great Parnell
Am
When you fought them well
and truly persecuted
C
Where are the sneers and jeers
G
Em
that you loudly let us hear
Am
G
Am
When our leaders of sixteen were executed
Chorus 2
Am
Come out ye black and tans,
G
come out and fight me like a man
Am
Show your wife how you won medals
down in Flanders
C
Tell her how the IRA
G
Em
made you run like hell away
Am
G
From the green and lovely lanes
Am
of Killasshandra
Verse 3
Am
Come tell us how you slew
G
them old Arabs two by two
Am
Like the Zulus they had spears,
and bow and arrows
C
How bravely you faced one
G
Em
with your 16-pounder gun
Am
And you frightened them
G
Am
damn natives to their marrow
Chorus 3
Am
Come out ye black and tans,
G
come out and fight me like a man
Am
Show your wife how you won medals
down in Flanders
C
Tell her how the IRA
G
Em
made you run like hell away
Am
G
From the green and lovely lanes
Am
of Killasshandra
Verse 4
Am
Now the time is coming fast
G
and I think them days are here
Am
When each English yeoman
he'll run before us
C
And if there'll be a need
G
Em
then our kids will say "Godspeed"
Am
With a verse or two of
G
Am
singing this fine chorus
Chorus 4
Am
Come out ye black and tans,
G
come out and fight me like a man
Am
Show your wife how you won medals
down in Flanders
C
Tell her how the IRA
G
Em
made you run like hell away
Am
G
From the green and lovely lanes
Am
of Killasshandra
Outro 1
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G
Am
Am
C
G
Em
Am
G
Am
[Fade out]
Come Out Ye Black And Tans
Wolfe Tones
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