WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Traditional Irish - The Boys Of Kilmichael Chords | Ver. 1
chords
C x32010
G 320033
F 133211
Am x03320
progression
1st half of verse
C C G Am
C Am F F
C C G Am
C G C C
2nd half of verse and chorus are same progression
C G Am Am
C C Am Am
C C Am F
C G C C
3rd line C C Am F could possibly be C C F F or C G Am F; haven't made up my mind yet
VERSE 1
C C G Am C Am F F
When you honour in song and in sto-ry the memory of Pearse and Mc-Bride,
C C G Am C G C C
And all those brave heroes of Ire-land whose names have been crushed and de-cried
C G Am Am C C Am Am
So For-get not the boys of Kil-mi-chael those true hearted brave vol-un-teers
C C Am F C G C C
Who fought for the glory of Ire-land, for the orange the white and the green
VERSE 2
C C G Am C Am F F
On the twentieth day of No-vem- ber, the day that the tans left Mac-room.
C C G Am C G C C
they were loaded in two crossley ten-ders not knowing that they'd meet their doom
C G Am Am C C Am Am
But on the high road to Kil-mi-chael they suddnely came to a stop
C C Am F C G C C
For they met with the boys of the col-umn Who made a clean sweep of the lot.
CHORUS
C G Am Am C C Am Am
So For-get not the boys of Kil-mi-chael those brave lads so gallant and true
C C Am F C G C C
Who fought 'neath the green flag of E-rin and conquered the red, white and blue.
VERSE 3
C C G Am C Am F F
O the sun in the West it was sink-ing for the eve of a cold winters day,
C C G Am C G C C
When the Tans who were eagerly (sic: ap)'proch-ing sailed into the spot where we lay
C G Am Am C C Am Am
Then over the hills went the e-cho the peal of the rifle and gun
C C Am F C G C C
And the flames from the lorries gave ti-dings that the boys from Kil-michael had won.
CHORUS
C G Am Am C C Am Am
So For-get not the boys of Kil-mi-chael those brave lads so gallant and true
C C Am F C G C C
Who fought 'neath the green flag of E-rin and conquered the red, white and blue.
VERSE 4
C C G Am C Am F F
The lorries were out be-fore twi-light and high over Dunmaway Town
C C G Am C G C C
Our banners in triumph they were wav-ing just to show that the Tans had gone down
C G Am Am C C Am Am
So we gathered our rifles and bay-onets and soon left to the hills so ob-scure,
C C Am F C G C C
And we never did drink till we hal-ted at the far a-way camp of Dun-ure.
CHORUS
C G Am Am C C Am Am
So For-get not the boys of Kil-mi-chael those brave lads so gallant and true
C C Am F C G C C
Who fought 'neath the green flag of E-rin and conquered the red, white and blue.
VERSE 5
C C G Am C Am F F
There's some who will blush at the men-tion Of Connolly, Pearse and Mc-Bride
C C G Am C G C C
And hist'ry's new scribes in de-ri-sion; Their pages of valour de-ny
C G Am Am C C Am Am
But shur here's to the boys who cried, Free-dom! When Ireland was nailed to the mast
C C Am F C G C C
And they fought with Tom Barry's bold col-umn To give us our freedom at last
Chorus
C G Am Am C C Am Am
So here's to the boys of Kil-mi-chael those brave lads so gallant and true
C C Am F C G C C
Who fought for Tom Barry's bold Col-umn and conquered the red, white and blue.
