Kevin Barry Chords by Hank Locklin
Tempo:
103.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [G]
[A] [D]
It was on one Monday morning, high upon the [A] gallows tree,
Kevin Berry gave [D] his young life [A] in the cause of [D] liberty.
Just a lad of eighteen, summer, yet no one [A] can deny,
As he walked to [D] death that morning, [A] proud he held his head [D] up high.
[A] Proud he held his [D] head up high.
Just before he faced the hangman in his dreary [A] prison cell,
Foreign soldiers [D] tortured Berry just [A] because he would [D] not tell
The names of his brave comrades and things they [A] wished to know.
Turn and fall or [D]
we'll kill you, [A] Kevin Berry [D] answered no.
[A] Berry [D] answered no.
Comely standing, few attention, while he bade his [A] last farewell
To his broken [D]-hearted mother, [A] whose sad grief no one [D] can tell.
For the cause he proudly cherished, this that parting had [A] to be.
Then to his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland might [D] be free.
[A] To his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland might be [G] free.
[D]
[A] [D]
It was on one Monday morning, high upon the [A] gallows tree,
Kevin Berry gave [D] his young life [A] in the cause of [D] liberty.
Just a lad of eighteen, summer, yet no one [A] can deny,
As he walked to [D] death that morning, [A] proud he held his head [D] up high.
[A] Proud he held his [D] head up high.
Just before he faced the hangman in his dreary [A] prison cell,
Foreign soldiers [D] tortured Berry just [A] because he would [D] not tell
The names of his brave comrades and things they [A] wished to know.
Turn and fall or [D]
we'll kill you, [A] Kevin Berry [D] answered no.
[A] Berry [D] answered no.
Comely standing, few attention, while he bade his [A] last farewell
To his broken [D]-hearted mother, [A] whose sad grief no one [D] can tell.
For the cause he proudly cherished, this that parting had [A] to be.
Then to his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland might [D] be free.
[A] To his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland might be [G] free.
[D]
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ It was on one Monday morning, high upon the [A] gallows tree,
_ Kevin Berry gave [D] his young life [A] in the cause of [D] liberty.
_ _ Just a lad of eighteen, summer, _ yet no one [A] can deny,
_ As he walked to [D] death that morning, [A] proud he held his head [D] up high.
[A] Proud he held his [D] head up high.
Just before he faced the hangman in his dreary [A] prison cell,
Foreign soldiers [D] tortured Berry _ just [A] because he would [D] not tell
The names of his brave comrades _ and things they [A] wished to _ know.
Turn and fall or _ [D]
we'll kill you, [A] Kevin Berry [D] answered no.
_ [A] _ Berry [D] answered no.
_ Comely standing, few attention, _ while he bade his [A] last farewell
_ To his broken [D]-hearted mother, _ [A] whose sad grief no one [D] can tell.
For the cause he proudly cherished, this that parting had [A] to be.
Then to his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland might [D] be free.
_ [A] To his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland _ might be [G] free. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ It was on one Monday morning, high upon the [A] gallows tree,
_ Kevin Berry gave [D] his young life [A] in the cause of [D] liberty.
_ _ Just a lad of eighteen, summer, _ yet no one [A] can deny,
_ As he walked to [D] death that morning, [A] proud he held his head [D] up high.
[A] Proud he held his [D] head up high.
Just before he faced the hangman in his dreary [A] prison cell,
Foreign soldiers [D] tortured Berry _ just [A] because he would [D] not tell
The names of his brave comrades _ and things they [A] wished to _ know.
Turn and fall or _ [D]
we'll kill you, [A] Kevin Berry [D] answered no.
_ [A] _ Berry [D] answered no.
_ Comely standing, few attention, _ while he bade his [A] last farewell
_ To his broken [D]-hearted mother, _ [A] whose sad grief no one [D] can tell.
For the cause he proudly cherished, this that parting had [A] to be.
Then to his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland might [D] be free.
_ [A] To his death he [D] walked smiling, that [A] old Ireland _ might be [G] free. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _