Chords for The Soldier's Song - The Irish Ramblers

_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ We'll sing a song, [C] a [G] soldier's song, [Em] With cheering, [Bm] rousing [D] _
chorus,
[G] As round our blazing fires we throng, [D] The starry heavens o'er us, _
[Am] _ [G] [D] Temptation for [G] the coming fight, And [Em] as we wait [Am] the morning [D] light,
[G] Hearing the [C] silence [G] of the night, We will chant a soldier's song.
_ _ _ Soldiers are we, [C] Whose lives [Am] are pledged [G] to _ Ireland,
_ Some who [Em] have come, [A] From a land beyond [D] the way,
_ [G] _
Sworn to be free, [C] No more our [Em] ancient _ [G]
sire none,
[Bm] Shall shelter [D] the [A] despot [D] or the slave, _ [Am] To die [D] free men [G] of iron or whale,
In [Em] their rooms cast [G] on the [Am] wall, [D] Or where [G] red cannons roar,
And rifles peal, We'll chant a soldier's song.
[D] [G] In the big green, [C] our tar [G] we crack, [Em] Our [Bm] fathers fought [D] before _ us,
[G] And conquered me, [C] the same [G] old flag, [D] That's proudly floating o'er us,
[Am] We're [D] children of [G] a fighting race, That [Em] never yet [D] has [Am] known [D] disgrace,
[G] And as we march [C] the foe [G] to face, We will chant a soldier's song.
_ _ _ Soldiers are we, [C] Whose [Am] lives are pledged [G] to Ireland,
Some [Bm] who [Em] have come, [A] From a land beyond [D] the way,
_ [G] _
Sworn to be free, _ [C] No more [Am] our ancient [G] _
sire none,
[Bm] Shall _ shelter [D] the [A] despot [D] or the slave, _ [Am] To die free [G] men of iron or whale,
In [Em] their rooms cast [D] on the wall, Or where [G] red cannons roar,
And rifles peal, We'll chant a soldier's song.
Sons of the gale, [C] Men of [G] the pale,
[Em] The long [Bm] watched day [D] is breaking,
[G] The seared ranks of any's fell, [D] Shall set the tyrant _ quaking,
[Am] Our [D] campfires now [G] are burning low, See in the east a [Am] silvery [D] globe,
[G] Out yonder waits [C] the [Bm] Saxon [G] foe, So chant a soldier's song.
_ _ _ Soldiers are we, [C] Whose [Am] lives are [G] pledged to Ireland, _
Some who [Em] have come, [A] From a land beyond [D] the way,
_ [G] Sworn to be free, _ [C] No [Am] more our ancient [G] _
sire none,
[Bm] _ Shall shelter [D] the [A] despot [D] or the slave, [Am] To die [F] free [G] men of iron or whale,
In [Em] their [G] rooms cast on the [C] wall, [D] Or where [G] red cannons roar,
[C] And rifles [B] _ peal, [G] We'll chant a soldier's song.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _