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Free And Green

	twice
Intro	:

D-D-Em-G
D-D-C-Am
D-D-Em-G
D-C-Am-D

	G	Bm	C	Am
Captain	Taggart took the	field with his	men as hard as	steel

	C	Am	D	Dsus4	D
And we	drove the bloody	rebels/traitors to the	sea-	-

	G	Em	C	D
Be	fore the guns had	stilled there were	many hundreds	killed

	Em	Am	G
There's	many an Irish	girl sad to	night

G	Bm	C	Am
When the smoke had	cleared it was	just as we had	feared

	C	Am	D	Dsus4	D
Captain	Taggart lay	wounded on the	ground-	-

	G	Em	C	D
With his	head upon my	knee, there he	met eterni	ty

	Em	Am	G
I	proudly closed his	eyes and then I	cried

Chorus:

	D	C	D	C
And it's	whiskey in the	morning,	whiskey in the	night

	Am	Em	C	G
An	other Irish	soldier lad has	fought his final	fight

	D	C	D
We'll	toast him 'til we're	drunk boys and	douse

	G
the candle	light

	C	Am	D
And	tell them, Captain	Taggart he's	coming home tonight

Repeat Intro once

	G	Bm	C	Am
Well we	took his body	home and the	drums and pipes did	drone

	C	Am	D	Dsus4	D
And we	pulled a fine black	casket through the	streets-	-

	G	Em	C	D
And then	told his grieving	wife, that he	loved her more than	life

	Em	Am	G
And we	gave to his young	son his father's	sword

	G	Bm	C	Am
Now the	people they all	dream of an	Ireland free and	green

	C	Am	D	Dsus4	D
Where	nowhere can be	heard the battle	cry-	-

	G	Em	C	D
The	fighting's gone too	long, and it	just drags on and	on

	Em	Am	G
And I'd	like to know some	peace before I	die

Repeat chorus twice
Repeat Intro twice

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