Kevin Barry chords by Lonnie Donegan

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Verse 1
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Early  (C major) on one Sunday morning
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High upon a gallows  (G major) tree
Kevin Barry gave his young life
For the cause of liberty
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 (C major) Just a lad of eighteen summers,
And yet no one can deny,
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 (G major) As he walked to death that morning,
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he proudly held his head on  (C major) high.
Just before they hung young Kevin
in his lonely prison cell,
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 (G major) Black and tans, they tortured Kevin
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Just because he wouldn't  (C major) tell
Tell the names of all your comrades
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And other things we want to know  (G major) 
Turn informer and we'll free you.
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Kevin proudly answered no.  (C major) 
Go on and shoot me like a soldier.
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Don't hang me like a dog in  (G major) score.
For I fought to free old Ireland
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On that chill September morn  (C major) 
Just a lad of eighteen summers,
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and yet no one can deny  (G major) 
As he walked to death that morning
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he proudly held his head on  (C major) high  (G major) you