Chords for The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Roddy McCorley

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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] In the town of Toon Bridge, County Amsterdam, [Ab] in 1798 a young man was [G] hanged [Ab] because he
was a leader of a rebellion in that part of the country.
_ His name was Roddy McCord.
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Oh see the faithful _ force of men, [Ab] of speed with [Eb] faces won.
_ From far and stead and from vicious cuts, [Cm] along [Ab] the [Bb] banks of man.
_ [Eb] They come with vengeance [Ab] in [Eb] their eyes, [Cm] to live, to live [Bb] are they.
[Eb] A young Roddy McCord he goes to die, on [Ab] the bridge of Toon [Eb] _ today.
_ Up the narrow street he stepped, _ [Ab] smiling proud [Eb] and young.
_ _ About the hemp rope on his neck, [Cm] the golden ring [Bb] last hung.
_ There [Eb] is never a tear in his blue eyes, [Cm] but rather bright are [Bb] they.
A [Eb] young Roddy McCord he goes to die, on [Ab] the bridge of [Eb] Toon today. _
_ When he last stepped off that street, [Ab] his shining, vacant [Eb] _
_ hand.
Behind him marched in grim array, [Cm] a stout, _
[Bb] orderless man.
_ [Eb] Far and trim town, [Ab] far and [Eb] trim town, [Cm] he led them to [Bb] love free.
_ [Eb] A young Roddy McCord he goes to die, [Ab] on the bridge of Toon [Eb] today. _
There is never a one above on your head, but [Ab] bravely held in [Eb] _
_ _ hand.
He who marches through his fate, on [Cm] the bridge of Toon [Bb] today.
_ [Eb] Through to the last, through to the last, he treads the dark [Bb] _ foray.
[Eb] A young Roddy McCord he goes to die, on the bridge of Toon today. _ _ _
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