God Save Ireland chords by Luke Kelly

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Verse 1
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 (C major) 'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
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 (G major) 'God save Ireland' said they all
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Whether  (C major) on the scaffold high
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Or the  (F major) battlefield we die
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 (C major) Oh, what matter when for
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 (G major) Erin dear we  (C major) fall!

Verse 2
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High upon  (C major) the gallows tree swung
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the  (F major) noble- hearted  (C major) Three
By the vengeful tyrant
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stricken in their  (G major) bloom
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But they  (C major) met him face to face,
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with the  (F major) courage of their  (C major) race
And they went with souls un
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 (G major) daunted to their  (C major) doom

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Verse 3

'God save Ireland!' said the heroes

'God save Ireland' said they all

Whether on the scaffold high

Or the battlefield we die

Oh, what matter when for Erin

dear we fall!

(Verse Not In the Luke Kelly Collection) Girt around with cruel foes, still

Verse 4
their courage proudly rose
For they thought of hearts that
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 (G major) loved them for and near
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Of the  (C major) millions true and brave
o'er the ocean's swelling wave
And the friends in holy
Ireland ever dear

Verse 5
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Climbed  (C major) they up the rugged stair,
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rang their  (F major) voices out in  (C major) prayer
Then with England's fatal
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cord around them  (G major) cast
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Close beside  (C major) the gallows tree
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kissed like  (F major) brothers lovingly  (C major) 
True to home and faith and
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 (G major) freedom to the  (C major) last

Verse 6
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 (C major) 'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
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 (G major) 'God save Ireland' said they all
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Whether  (C major) on the scaffold high
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Or the  (F major) battlefield we die
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 (C major) Oh, what matter when for
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 (G major) Erin dear we  (C major) fall!

Verse 7
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Never till  (C major) the latest day shall
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the  (F major) memory pass  (C major) away
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Of the gallant lives thus given for our  (G major) land
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But  (C major) on the cause must go,
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amidst  (F major) joy and weal and  (C major) woe
Till we make our Isle a na
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 (G major) tion free and  (C major) grand

Verse 8
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 (C major) God save Ireland! said the heroes
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 (G major) 'God save Ireland' said they all
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Whether  (C major) on the scaffold high
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Or the  (A minor) battle (F major) field we die
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 (G major) Oh, what  (C major) matter when for  (G major) Erin dear we  (C major) fall