Chords for Rifles of the IRA

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
In nineteen hundred and sixteen, [Eb] the forces of the crown,
To take the orange, white, and green _ [F] bombard,
Doubled in power _ by twenty-one _ Britannia's [Eb] hundred [F] force,
To end their day. _
_ _ [D] _ [F] And the [Bb] Black and Tans, like [Dm] lightning,
Ran from the [Bb] rifles of the IRA,
_ _ They burned their way to _ [Gm] Munster,
[Eb] And they lanced their land [F] back.
[Bb] _ In Hanover and in [Eb] Ulster,
[F] Marched the men of brown [Bb] and _ black,
They shot down wives and [Eb] children,
[C] In their own heroic _ _ [Bb] way.
And the Black and Tans, like lightning,
Ran from the rifles of the IRA, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ They hanged them in Heaven Barry High,
A ladder of eighteen _ _ [Bb] years.
Toxin-y flames ripped up the [Eb] sky,
But [C] the brave wives feel [Bb] no _ fear,
The cock became with hand [Eb] grenades,
In [G] ambush waiting [Eb] _ _ [Bb] lay. _ _
[Dm] _ [F] And [Bb] the Black and Tans, like lightning,
Ran [Eb] from the rifles of the IRA,
[Bb] _ _ The Tans were got, taken [Gm] out and shot,
By the brave and the fire _ _ -infused,
John Tracy, Denny [Eb] Lacey,
[G] And Tom Barry's [Bb] gallant crew.
Though we're not free _ yet,
We won't [Eb] forget [G] until our [Bb] dying _ day. _ _ _
_ _ [F] And the Black [Bb] _ _ and Tans, like lightning,
Ran [Eb] from the rifles of the IRA.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _