Key: G major
Verse 1
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I was born in Blazen, Bolton, Glaston,
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John O 'Brien is my name
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I left my home in Ireland
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After gambling a great fortune left to me
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I sailed aboard an English ship
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But we were shipwrecked on the sea
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till the set tlement we did see
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Against the laws of God and man.
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Everything I lost at sea.
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I fell in love with a Quaker girl,
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But her father did not approve of me
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He conspired with the captain
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And placed me on the Portuguese
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When I arrived in Buenos Aires
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I commenced a wild career
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With God and justice on my side
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John O 'Brien is my name
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I am a soldier and nothing more
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I fight for freedom and nothing less
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I loved to gamble, the pretty girls
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and for liberty
I fought long and hard
for freedom's cause
Against the force of tyranny
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since the year of 1812
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I fought many decisive battles
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And freed the land of Uruguay
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In the army of the Andes
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We fought for Chile and Peru
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Then at San Diego, Chile we did win
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Then the freedom of Peru
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John O 'Brien was my name
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John O 'Brien is my name
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TunerE A D G B E
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