Chords for Irish Descendants - Come Out Ye' Black And Tans
Tempo:
117.15 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
A
F#m
D
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [A] [F#m]
[Bm]
[D] [A] [F#m]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal [F#m] rums do beat,
[Bm] And the lovely English people walked all over us,
[D] And every single night [A] when me dad would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite me [A] neighbours out [Bm] with his chorus.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm]
Killashandra.
Come tell us how you stew [A] them old Arabs [F#m] two by two,
[Bm] Like the Sulawesi had knives and bows and arrows,
[D] Of how bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [A] all the natives to the [Bm] marrow.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm]
Killashandra.
Come let us hear you tell how [A] you slammed the [F#m] brave Parnell,
[Bm] And taught him well and truly persecuted,
[D] Where are the stairs and chairs [A] that you proudly [F#m] let us hear,
[Bm] When our heroes [A] of sixteen were [Bm] executed.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in Flanders,
Tell [D] her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] Killashandra.
[A] [F#m]
[Bm]
[D] [A] [F#m]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
Oh, come out, you Britishons, come [A] out and fight without [F#m] your guns,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals up in Derry,
[D] You murdered sixteen men [A] and you'll do the [F#m] same again,
[Bm] So get out of here [A] and take your [Bm] bloody army.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me like a [Bm] man,
Show your wife how you run medals down in [D]
Flanders,
Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] Killashandra.
Oh, come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals down in [F#m] [Bm]
[C#m] Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] Killashandra.
[A] [B]
[N]
[Bm]
[D] [A] [F#m]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal [F#m] rums do beat,
[Bm] And the lovely English people walked all over us,
[D] And every single night [A] when me dad would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite me [A] neighbours out [Bm] with his chorus.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm]
Killashandra.
Come tell us how you stew [A] them old Arabs [F#m] two by two,
[Bm] Like the Sulawesi had knives and bows and arrows,
[D] Of how bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [A] all the natives to the [Bm] marrow.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm]
Killashandra.
Come let us hear you tell how [A] you slammed the [F#m] brave Parnell,
[Bm] And taught him well and truly persecuted,
[D] Where are the stairs and chairs [A] that you proudly [F#m] let us hear,
[Bm] When our heroes [A] of sixteen were [Bm] executed.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in Flanders,
Tell [D] her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] Killashandra.
[A] [F#m]
[Bm]
[D] [A] [F#m]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
Oh, come out, you Britishons, come [A] out and fight without [F#m] your guns,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals up in Derry,
[D] You murdered sixteen men [A] and you'll do the [F#m] same again,
[Bm] So get out of here [A] and take your [Bm] bloody army.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me like a [Bm] man,
Show your wife how you run medals down in [D]
Flanders,
Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] Killashandra.
Oh, come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals down in [F#m] [Bm]
[C#m] Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] Killashandra.
[A] [B]
[N]
Key:
Bm
A
F#m
D
C#m
Bm
A
F#m
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal [F#m] rums do beat,
[Bm] And the lovely English people walked all over us,
[D] And every single night [A] when me dad would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite me [A] neighbours out [Bm] with his chorus.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in _ Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ _
Killashandra.
Come tell us how you stew [A] them old Arabs [F#m] two by two,
[Bm] Like the Sulawesi had knives and bows and arrows,
[D] Of how bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [A] all the natives to the [Bm] marrow.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in _ Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ _
Killashandra.
Come let us hear you tell how [A] you slammed the [F#m] brave Parnell,
[Bm] And taught him well and truly _ persecuted,
[D] Where are the stairs and chairs [A] that you proudly [F#m] let us hear,
[Bm] When our heroes [A] of sixteen were [Bm] _ executed.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in _ Flanders,
Tell [D] her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ Killashandra.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Oh, come out, you Britishons, come [A] out and fight without [F#m] your guns,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals up in Derry,
[D] You murdered sixteen men [A] and you'll do the [F#m] same again,
[Bm] So get out of here [A] and take your [Bm] bloody army.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me like a [Bm] man,
Show your wife how you run medals down in [D] _
Flanders,
Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ Killashandra.
Oh, come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals down in [F#m] _ [Bm]
[C#m] Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ Killashandra.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal [F#m] rums do beat,
[Bm] And the lovely English people walked all over us,
[D] And every single night [A] when me dad would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite me [A] neighbours out [Bm] with his chorus.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in _ Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ _
Killashandra.
Come tell us how you stew [A] them old Arabs [F#m] two by two,
[Bm] Like the Sulawesi had knives and bows and arrows,
[D] Of how bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [A] all the natives to the [Bm] marrow.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in _ Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ _
Killashandra.
Come let us hear you tell how [A] you slammed the [F#m] brave Parnell,
[Bm] And taught him well and truly _ persecuted,
[D] Where are the stairs and chairs [A] that you proudly [F#m] let us hear,
[Bm] When our heroes [A] of sixteen were [Bm] _ executed.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you run medals down in _ Flanders,
Tell [D] her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ Killashandra.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Oh, come out, you Britishons, come [A] out and fight without [F#m] your guns,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals up in Derry,
[D] You murdered sixteen men [A] and you'll do the [F#m] same again,
[Bm] So get out of here [A] and take your [Bm] bloody army.
Come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me like a [Bm] man,
Show your wife how you run medals down in [D] _
Flanders,
Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ Killashandra.
Oh, come out, you black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
Show [Bm] your wife how you run medals down in [F#m] _ [Bm]
[C#m] Flanders,
[D] Tell her how the IRA [A] made you run like [F#m] hell away,
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lakes of [Bm] _ Killashandra.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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