James Connolly Chords by Black 47

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] Marching down [Gb] a cold street, the starry cloud [G] high,
There goes a certain army with their fists raised to the sky,
[Eb] Leading them is a mighty man with a mad rage in [G] his eye,
My name is [D] James Motley, I did [D] come here to die,
But [C] to fight for the rights of the working man,
[G] The small [D] farmer too, [C] the king of proletariat,
But the bosses [D] and the stews,
[Em] So hold on to your rifles, boy, [Am] don't give up your [C] _ dreams, _ _
_ [G] I'm a republic for [D] the working class, [Am]
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liberty,
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[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] And James El Salo, [Gm] the new system is a curse,
[G] An English boss is a monster, an Irish one even worse,
They'll never lock us out again, and here's the reason why,
My name [D] is James Connolly, [A] I did come here to die,
But [C] to fight for the rights of the working man,
[G] The small farmer too, [C] the king of proletariat,
_ [G] But the bosses and [D] the stews,
[Em] So hold on to your rifles, boy, [Am] don't give up [C] your dreams, _
_ _ _ [G] I'm a republic for [D] the working class, [Am] economic _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] liberty,
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[B] And now we're in the GPO, [B] full of swindling violence,
Pierce [G] and Sean McDiarmid, bidding each other goodbye,
Up steps our stringent leader, and he lowers that to the sky,
My name is James [A] Connolly, I did come here [D] to die,
But [C] to fight for the rights of the working [G] man,
The small [D] farmer too, the king of proletariat,
But [G] the bosses and the stews,
[Em] So hold on to your rifles, boys, [Am] don't give up [C] your dreams,
_ _ _ I'm a [G]
republic for [D] the working class, [Am] economic _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] liberty, _ _ _
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I don't want [G] to die, _ _ we've got so much to live [C] for,
And I know we're gonna have to get [D] slaughtered,
Oh, but [G] _ I just [D] can't take anymore,
_ _ [C] _ Just the sight of one [D] more child [G] screaming from hunger in a Dublin slum,
[C] Or his mother _ slaving fourteen [G] hours a day for the [C] scum [E] who exploit her,
And take her youth and throw it on the factory [G] floor,
Oh, Lily, I just [C] can't take anymore, _
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[E] _ _ _ [C] _ They've locked us out, _ [G] they've banned our unions,
They even treat their [C] animals better than us, _ _
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_ _ [C] Oh no, it's far better to die like a [G] man on your feet,
And to live forever like some [C] slave on your knees, Lily, _
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_ But [C] don't let them wrap any green flag around me,
[G] Or for God's sake, don't let them bury me in some [C] field full of hogs and shamrocks,
Or what have you, [G] Jim, don't let them make a martyr out of [E] me,
_ [C] Oh no, rather raise the starry plow [D] on high,
[G] Sing a song of freedom,
_ Here's to you, [C] Lily, the rights of man,
An international _ [G] revolution!
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_ _ [E] We fought them [Em] Jewish scams for a while, our flames lit up the sky,
[E] Then a bullet pierced our leader, and we gave up the fight,
They shot him and [C] killed Maine and Jim, but they'll never [A] stop this crime,
[G] My name is [D] James Connolly, [A] I've just come here to die,
[C] But to fight for the rights of the working [G] man,
A small [D] farmer to [C] protect the proletariat,
[G] From the fossils [D] in your schools,
[Em] So hold on to your rifles, boys, [Am]
don't give [C] up the truth, _ _ _ _
And [G] the republic [D] for the working class, [A] economic _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] liberty!
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_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Economic [C] liberty!
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