John Riley Chords by The Paul Mckenna Band

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[E] _ _ [F#] John Riney came from Galway town in the years of the [C#] Irish hunger
_ And he sailed away to America when the country [F#] was much younger _
The place was strange and work was scarce and all he [C#] knew was farming
_ So he followed his other Irish friends to a job [F#] in the US Army
_ [A] The adventure cost [F#] some their blood, this was [C#] their sad story _
Some get drunk on demon rum, some get [F#] drunk on glory
They marched down Texas Way to the banks [C#] of the Rio Grande
_ _ They built a fort on the banks above the torrential Santa Ana
They were treated bad, paid worse and then [C#] the fighting started
_ The more they fought, the less they fought with the damned old [F#] US Army
[A] The adventure cost [F#] some their blood, this [C#] was their sad story _
Some get drunk on demon rum, some get [F#m] drunk on glory
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] When the church bells rang on Sunday morning it set their [B] souls ashore _
[C#] So the senior eaters were washing their hair on the far side [F#] of the river
_ John Riney [B] and two hundred more Irish mercenaries
_ _ [F#m] Cast their [B] lot right and north, [F#m] south of the Rio [F#] Grande _
[A] The adventure cost [F#] some their blood, this was [C#] their sad _ story
Some get drunk on demon rum, some [F#] get drunk on glory
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_ [F#] They fought bravely under the flag of the San [E] Patricio
_ [C#] Till the Yankee soldiers beat them down at the Battle [F#] of Churubisco
_ Then fifteen men were overplayed mules and their cheeks were hot [C#] iron branded _
[F#] Made to dig the [C#] graves of fifty more who the hanging [F#] fate were handed
_ [A] The adventure [D] cost some their [F#m] blood, this was their [E] sad story
_ [F#m] Some get [E] drunk on demon [D#] rum, some [F#m] get drunk on glory _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] John Riney stands and drinks alone at the bar [C#] in Veracruz
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He wonders if [C#] it matters much if you win or [F#] if you _ lose
I am a man who can't go home, I'm a [B] vagabond he says he
[C#] I'm a victim of some wonderlust and [F#] divided loyalty _ _
[A] The adventure cost [F#m] some their blood, this was [E] their sad story
[F#m] Some get [B] drunk on demon rum, [F#m]
some get drunk on glory
[A] The adventure [F#m] cost some their blood, this was their [E] sad story
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Some get [E] drunk on demon rum, _ _ [A] and some get drunk on _ [G#] glory