God Save Ireland chords by The Wolfe Tones

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Verse 1
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High upon
the gallows tree swung
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The noble hearted three
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By the vengeful tyrant stricken
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In their bloom but they
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met him face to face
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With the courage of their race
And they went with souls
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Undaunted to their doom

Verse 2
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God save Ireland, said the heroes
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God save Ireland, said they all
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Whether on the scaffold high
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Or the battlefield we die
Oh, what matter when for
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Ireland dear we fall
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Girt

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Verse 3
around with cruel foes
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Still, their courage proudly rose
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For they thought of hearts
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that loved them
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Far and near for the millions
true and brave
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O'er the ocean's swelling wave
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And their friends  in dear old
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Ireland

Verse 4
Ever dear
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God save Ireland, said the heroes
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God save Ireland, said they all
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Whether on the scaffold high
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Or the battlefield we die
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Oh, what matter when for Ireland
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dear we fall

Verse 5
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Climbed they up the rugged stair Rang their
voices out in prayer
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Then with England's
fatal cord
Around them cast
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Close beside the gallows tree
Kissed like brothers lovingly
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True to home and faith and
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Freedom to the last

Verse 6
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God save Ireland, said the heroes
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God save Ireland, said they all
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Whether on the scaffold high
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Or the battlefield we die
Oh, what matter when for Ire
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land dear we fall

Verse 7
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Never to the latest day shall
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Their memory pass away
Of the gallant lives thus
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given for our land
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But on the cause must go, 'midst the joy
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The weal and woe
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Till we make our Isle a nation
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free and grand

Verse 8
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God save Ireland, said the heroes
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God save Ireland, said they all
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Whether on the scaffold high
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Or the battlefield we die
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Oh, what matter when for
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Ireland dear we fall