Key: B minor
Verse 1
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C
beneath the mawn,
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Dm
Am
To the city fell old I,
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C
There armoured lines of marching men,
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Dm
Am
In squadrons passed me by.
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C
G
C
No pipe did hum, nor battle drum
But the angelus bell,
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C
o 'er the levee swell
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Am
Dm
Am
foggy dew
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C
Ride proudly high over Dublin town
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Dm
Am
They hung out the flag of war
T 'was better to die
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C
beneath an Irish sky
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Dm
Am
Than at Solvang or Surelvar
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C
And from the plains
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C
of Rhyolmeath
While Britannia's Huns
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C
with their long -range guns
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Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Sailed into the foggy blue
T 'was Britannia's battle
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C
while we swore
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Dm
Am
That small nations might be free
But their lonely graves
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C
have I soul -less waved
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Am
O 'er the shores of the great North Sea
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G
C
Oh, had they died by Pyrrhus' side
Their names we would keep
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C
where the Fenians sleep
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Am
Beneath the shroud of the foggy dew
But the bravest bell and
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C
the requiem bell
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Dm
Am
Rang mournfully and in clear
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C
For those who died at Eastertide
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Am
In the springing of the year
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G
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An d the world did gaze in deep amaze
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C
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
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Dm
Am
might shine through the foggy dew
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm G C Dm
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