Rifles Of The I.R.A. chords by The Wolfe Tones (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(G major) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 1
In (G major) nineteen hundred and six (E minor) teen,
the (C major) forces of the (G major) Crown
To take the orange, white, and (C major) green,
bom (D major) barded Dublin (G major) town
But in '21, Britannia's (C major) huns
were (D major) forced to earn their (G/B) pay (C major) (G/D)
(B minor) And (A minor) the (G major) Black and Tans like lightning (E minor) ran
from the (C major) rifles of the I.R. (G major) A.
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Verse 2
They (G major) burned their way through Mun (E minor) ster
and laid (C major) Leinster on the (G major) rack
In Connaught and in Ul (C major) ster
marched the (D major) men of brown and (G major) black
They shot down wives and chil (C major) dren
in their (D major) own heroic (G/B) way (C major) (G/D)
And the (G major) Black and Tans like lightning (E minor) ran
from the (C major) rifles of the I.R. (G major) A.
Interlude 1
(G major) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 3
They (G major) hanged young Kevin Barry (E minor) high,
a (C major) lad of eighteen (G major) years
Cork city's flames lit up the (C major) sky
but our (D major) brave boys knew no (G major) fear
The Cork Brigade with hand gre (C major) nades
in (D major) ambush waiting (G/B) lay (C major) (G/D)
(B minor) And (A minor) the (G major) Black and Tans like lightning (E minor) ran
from the (C major) rifles of the I.R. (G major) A.
Verse 4
The (G major) Tans tans were caught,
taken out and (E minor) shot
by the (C major) brave and valiant (G major) few
Sean Treacy, Denny Lac (C major) ey,
and Tom (D major) Barry's gallant (G major) crew
Though we're not free yet,
we won't for (C major) get
un (D major) til our dying (G/B) day (C major) (G/D)
(B minor) How (A minor) the (G major) Black and Tans like lightning (E minor) ran
from the (C major) rifles of the I.R. (G major) A.
Rifles Of The I.R.A.
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