Chords for Gerard Casey (Live)

_ So folks I'm going to take us over to North Antrim for this next one.
_ A brave volunteer called Gerard Casey
[C#] _ [G#] Let's have him [C] sing along to this one
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_ This song I will sing [Am] of a brave young Irishman [G] in the struggle for freedom [F] to free [C] Ireland _
_ He joined the IRA [Am] and became a volunteer [G] to his comrade in arms
[F] He never showed [C] no fear
_ _ Volunteer Gerard Casey, [Am] freedom fighter to all, [G] to the plight of his country [F] he answered [C] the call
And while on active service [Am] he never asked why, [G] oh our brave volunteer
[F] Was not [C] afraid to die, this man from North Antrim, this man from North Antrim
Oh, [Am] I'm sure you all heard [G] tell, Gerard Casey, his name was [C] Charmaine Ediswell
Oh, he fought for his country and [Am] he gave up his life [G] for his family and friends
And [D] darling [C] young wives
_ _ In his younger days he [Am] lived life to the full, [G]
playing guillotine football, things [C] were not so dull
_ _ Working with his father all [Am] he served at his time, [G] truth that Ireland free, [F] to him it [C] was no crime
_ No stranger to harassment [Am] at the hands of the foe, [G] he was tortured and arrested
[F] To pass the [C] ray he'd go
Oh, threatened by [Am] imprisonment and death in the end, [G] oh our brave volunteer
[F] To death he [C] would not bend
Oh, this man from North Antrim, [Am] oh I'm sure you all heard tell, [G]
Gerard Casey, his name [F] was Charmaine [C]
Ediswell
_ Oh, he fought for his country [Am] and he gave up his life [G] for his family and friends
And [C] darling young wives
_ Cool British assassins in [Am] the cover of [G] dark, headed for his shark in [C] Maltese Chamber of Park
With through clouds of terror [Am] they'd burst through the door, [G] and the howards they were looking [F] for the family [C] man of war
_ They found him with his wife [Am] and baby girl in bed, [G] they spread those English bullets [F] and left [C] Gerard Casey dead
_ _ The cowards fled, [Am] oh this sadness at night, [G] but this white man young [F] foundling would keep [C] on the fight
Never hear you say, oh this man from North Antrim, [Am] oh I'm sure you all heard tell, [G]
Gerard Casey, his name [F] was Charmaine [C] _
Ediswell
Oh, he fought for his country [Am] and he gave up his life [G] for his family and friends
[F] And darling [C] young wives
_ His cruel ass and [Am] Mary's dark forces of the crime, [G]
a large crowd by [F] them as the rain [C] had flashed down
The piper who played [Am] over well at the grave, [G] in memory of Gerard who [F] was the bravest [C] of the brave
_ A gallant volunteer [Am] from North Antrim, bring it, [G] in a rainy, slack graveyard [F] was where he [C] was laid
_ Volunteers of comfort and [Am] who lie in a plot, [G] Gerard Casey and their names [F] will never [C] be forgotten
Never hear you say, oh this man from North Antrim, [Am] oh I'm sure you all heard tell, [G] Gerard Casey, his name [F] was Charmaine [C]
Ediswell
_ Oh, he fought for his country [Am] and he gave up his life [G] for his family and friends
[F] And darling [C] young
August the 8th
Oh, this man from North Antrim, [Am] oh I'm sure you all heard tell, [G] Gerard Casey, his name [F] was Charmaine [C] _
Ediswell
Oh, he fought for his country [Am] and he gave up his life [G] for his family and friends
[F] And darling [C] young
_ _ August the 8th
Thank _ _ _ you very much, the band Gerard Casey there
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_ _ _ _ From myself, [G] Eimear Ní Glaithin and from the backing band, [C] Gerry, Gerard and Áine Glaithin
I want to thank you so much for coming along tonight to the Rock Bar and supporting me
Hopefully I'll have the album out very soon
[G] Thank you very much and enjoy _
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