Kevin barry chords by The clancy brothers & tommy makem
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Verse 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) In Mountjoy jail one
Monday morning
High upon the gallows (D major) tree
Kevin (A minor) Barry (D major) gave his young life
For the cause of liberty (G major)
Verse 2
But a (G major) lad of eighteen summers
Yet no true man can deny (A minor) (D major)
As he (A minor) walked to (D major) death that morning
He proudly held his head on (G major) high
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Verse 3
Another martyr (G major) for old Erin
Another murder for the crown (D major)
The British (A minor) laws may (D major) crush the Irish
But cannot keep their spirits down (G major)
Verse 4
Just before (G major) he faced the hangman
In his dreary prison cell (A minor)
(D major) The British soldiers tortured Barry
Just because he would not tell (G major)
Verse 5
The names of all (G major) his brave companions
And other things they wished (A minor) to know
Turn in (D major) former or we'll kill you
Kevin Barry (A minor) (D major) answered (G major) no
Verse 6
Another martyr (G major) for old Erin
Another murder for the crown (D major)
The British (A minor) laws may crush the (D major) Ir ish
But cannot keep their spirits down
Kevin barry
The clancy brothers & tommy makem
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