Chords for The Wolfe Tones - Banna Strand

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Chords used:

D

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C

A

E

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The Wolfe Tones - Banna Strand chords
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[D]
It was on good Friday morning, [G] all in the month of [D] May,
A German ship was signaling beyond [G] out in the [F#m] bay,
[C]
With twenty thousand [D] rifles [C] all ready [G] for to [A]
land,
[G] But [D] no answering signal did come from [G] the lonely [D] ballast ground.
No signal answers from the shore, [G] Sir Roger sadly [D] said,
No comrades here to meet me, [C]
[G] alas, they must be [A] dead,
[C] But I must do [D] my duty,
[Am] and at once [G] I mean to [F#m]
land.
[G] So [D] in a small boat pulled ashore, [G] on the lonely [D] ballast ground.
Now the RIC were hunting far, [G] Sir Roger high and [D] low,
They found him at Mechanoscope, [C] said they, [G] you are our [A] foe,
[C] Said he, I'm Roger [D] Casement, [C] I came [G] to my native [A]
land,
I [D] mean to free my countrymen, [G] on the lonely [D] ballast ground.
They took Sir Roger prisoner, [G] and sailed for London [D] town,
And in the tower they laid him, [C] a traitor [G] to the [A] crown,
[C] Said he, I am [D] no traitor, [C] but as tried [G] he had to [A]
stand,
For [D] bringing German rifles to [G] the lonely [D] ballast ground.
Was in an English prison that, [G] they led him to his [D] death,
I'm dying for my country, [C] he said with [G] his last [A] breath,
[C] They buried him [D] in British soil, [C] far [G] from his native [A]
land,
[D] And the wild waves sing his requiem, [G] on the lonely [D] ballast ground.
[G]
[D] [B]
They [E] took Sir Roger home again, [A] in the year of [E] 65,
And with his comrades of 16, [D] in [A] peace and tranquil [B] lies,
[D] His last fond wish, it [E] is fulfilled, for [D] to lie [A] in his [B] native land,
[E] And the waves will roll in peace again, [A] on the lonely ballast [E] ground.
[N]
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D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It was on good Friday _ _ morning, _ _ [G] all in the month of [D] _ May,
A German ship was signaling _ _ beyond [G] out in the [F#m] bay,
_ [C]
With twenty thousand [D] _ rifles _ _ [C] all ready [G] for to [A]
land,
[G] But [D] no answering signal did come _ from [G] the lonely [D] ballast ground. _ _ _ _
_ No signal answers from the shore, _ [G] Sir Roger sadly _ [D] _ said,
No comrades here to meet _ me, _ [C] _
[G] alas, they must be [A] _ dead,
[C] But I must do [D] my duty, _
_ [Am] and at once [G] I mean to [F#m] _
land.
[G] So [D] in a small boat pulled _ ashore, [G] on the lonely [D] ballast ground. _ _ _ _ _
Now the RIC were hunting _ far, [G] Sir Roger high and [D] low,
They found him at _ Mechanoscope, _ _ [C] said they, [G] you are our [A] _ foe,
[C] Said he, I'm Roger [D] _ Casement, _ _ [C] I came [G] to my native [A]
land,
I [D] mean to free my _ _ countrymen, [G] on the lonely [D] ballast ground.
_ _ They _ _ took Sir Roger _ prisoner, _ _ [G] and sailed for London [D] town,
_ And in the tower they laid _ him, [C] a traitor [G] to the [A] crown,
[C] Said he, I am [D] no traitor, _ _ [C] but as tried [G] he had to [A] _
stand,
For [D] bringing German rifles to _ [G] the lonely [D] ballast _ _ ground. _ _
_ Was in an English prison _ that, [G] they led him to his [D] _ death,
I'm dying for my country, _ _ [C] he said with [G] his last [A] breath,
_ [C] They buried him [D] in British soil, _ [C] far [G] from his native [A] _ _
land,
[D] And the wild waves sing his _ requiem, _ [G] on the lonely [D] ballast ground. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
They [E] took Sir Roger home again, _ [A] in the year of [E] 65,
_ _ And with his comrades of 16, _ _ [D] in [A] peace and tranquil [B] _ lies,
[D] His last fond wish, it [E] is fulfilled, for [D] to lie [A] in his [B] native _ land,
[E] And the waves will roll in peace _ again, [A] on the _ _ lonely _ _ ballast [E] ground. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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