Viva La Quinta Brigada chords by The Dubliners
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Verse 1
(D major) (A major) Around the time I saw
the light of morn (D major) ing
A comradeship of heroes (G major) was laid
From every corner of the world
came (A major) sailing
The Fifty International Brigade. (D major)
Verse 2
They came (A major) to stand beside
the Spanish (D major) people
To try and stem the rising
fascist (G major) tide
Franco's allies were the
powerful and wealthy (A major)
Frank Ryan's men came
from the other side. (D major)
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Verse 3
(A major) Even the olives were bleed (D major) ing
As the battle for Madrid it thundered (G major) on
Truth and love against the
force of (A major) evil
Brotherhood against
the fascist clan.
(D major) (G major)
Verse 4
Chorus:
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
No Pasaran, the pledge (A major) that made
them fight (D major)
Adelante was the cry around the hillside (B minor)
(G major) Let us all re (A major) member them (D major) tonight.
Verse 5
Bob (A major) Hilliard was a Church
of Ireland pas (D major) tor
Form Killarney across
the Pyren (G major) ees he came
From Derry came a brave
young Christian (A major) Brother
And side by side they fought
and died in Spain. (D major)
Verse 6
Tommy (A major) Woods age seventeen
died in Cor (D major) doba
With Na Fianna he learned to hold (G major) his gun
From Dublin to the Villa del (A major) Rio
He fought and died beneath the Spanish
(D major) sun. (G major)
Interlude 1
(A major) (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 7
(Chorus) Many (A major)
Irishmen heard the
call of Fran (D major) co
Joined Hitler and Mussolin (G major) i too
Propaganda from the pulpit
and newspa (A major) pers
Helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew. (D major)
Verse 8
The call (A major) came from Maynooth,
"support the (D major) facists"
The men of cloth had failed yet again (G major)
When the Bishops blessed the
Blueshirts in Dun (A major) Laoghaire
As they sailed beneath the swastika to
Interlude 2
Spain.
(D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 9
(Chorus) This song (A major)
is a tribute to
Frank Ry (D major) an
Kit Conway and Dinny Coady too (G major)
Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and
Hugh Bon (A major) ar
Though many died I can
but name a few. (D major)
Verse 10
Danny (A major) Boyle,
Blaser- Brown and Charlie (D major) Donnelly
Liam Tumilson and Jim
Straney from the Fall (G major) s
Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton
and Frank (A major) Conroy
Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick
O'Neill.
(D major) (Chorus repeated)
Outro 1
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(B minor)
(G major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(A major) (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Viva La Quinta Brigada
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