Chords for A Tribute To Patrick R. Cleburne

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How far and fast is the autumn [G] blast, Beats dead [Bm] leaves o'er the ground!
How fast [G] and far is the hand [Bm] of war, Strewed [F#] countries brave around!
[G] Their [F#m] nameless graves on oceans' [Em] caves, In forests [F#] and mountains and glens,
[G] Where the vulture [Bm] screams and the angry streams Are hiding the bones of men!
[D] And what anguish cries from the south arise, Of the brave once fallen in vain,
While the victor north blows trumpets forth, And exalts in [A] our broad domain!
[G] And they'll tell with [F#m] pride how [Em] Claiborne died, In the land of [F#] the free and the brave,
[G] And his sword [Bm] of might was a beam of light, Though it led to an exile's grave!
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Then fling the hoard, their base [G] award, Their chiefest [Bm] triumphal crown,
Place vile [G] deceit in his judgment [Bm] seat, Where honour is [F#] trampled down!
[G] Give a paltry [F#m] bribe to a hired [Em] scribe, To a fiend he'll [F#] bar his fee,
[G] And to him who [Bm] draws on a righteous cause, A freeman's sword give me!
[D] Though his bones should bleach on a sea-washed beach, Though his grave he'll only mound,
His name shall chime through the halls of time, And swell through the [A] deep profound!
[G] And they'll tell with [F#m] pride how Claiborne [Em] died, In the land of the [F#] free and the brave,
[G] And his sword of [Bm] might was a beam of light, Though it led to an exile's grave!
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On Richmond's plain his cap-flipped [G] train, Outnumbered the [Bm] host he led,
And he won his [G] stars on the field of [Bm] Mars, Where glorious [F#] Johnson bled!
[G] T'was his to [F#m] cope when a ray of [Em] hope Illum'd his [F#] flag, and then
[G] T'was his to [Bm] die when his flag flew High in his van with the stalwart men!
[D] For no braver host could err in boast, Nor he a more gallant knight,
Since the field is still cross the Avondoo, Cast Fagnall's [A] host aslight!
[G] And they'll tell with [F#m] pride how Claiborne [Em] died, In the land of the [F#] free and the brave,
[G] How his sword of [Bm] might was a beam of light, Though it led to an exile's grave!
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There were eyes afar who watched your [G] scar, As it rose with the [Bm] southern cross,
There were hearts that bled [G] when your course was sled, [Bm] And old Ireland fell [F#] to your loss!
[G] While the flowers shall [F#m] glow and waters flow, [Em] For the Shannon, the Shore [F#] and the Lee,
[G] And the Patriot's [Bm] song shall roll along, Unwinding the waves for thee!
[D] So the deepest wave of the fallen brave, Where Claiborne crossed the lines,
And the rank and foil [D] from our own fair Isle, Showed courage in [A] foreign pines!
[G] And they'll tell with pride [F#m] how Claiborne died, [Em] In the land of the free [F#] and the brave,
[G] How his sword of might [Bm] was a beam of light, Though it led to an exile's grave!
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