Chords for Tommy Makem - Freedom's Sons

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[Eb] At Easter [F] time, _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] 1916, _ _ _ when [Dm] flowers bloomed _ _ [Gm] and leaves were _ _ _ [Bb]
green,
There [Gm] dawned a _ day _ when [D] freedom's pride _ _ _ Called [Bbm] out brave _ _ _
[Gm] men [F] to [Bb] fight and die. _
_ _ They were the men [D] with a [Eb] vision, the men [Bb] with a _ [Eb] cause,
The [Dm] men who [Gm] defied their [Bb] oppressor's laws,
The [Dm] men who traded [Eb] their dreams [Bb] for _ guns,
[G] _ Born into slavery [F] they were _ [Bb] freedom's sons. _ _ _
In Dublin town _ _ [G] _
[F] they [Bb] fought and _ died, _
With Pierce, [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] McGermott and [Bb] _ _ McBride. _
_ _ [G] Ourselves alone _ _ _ their [D] battle cried, _ _
_ [Eb] And [F] [Bb] freedom _ _ _
[G] sang [F] through the [Bb] Easter sky. _
_ _ They were the [Dm] men with a [Eb] vision, the [Bb] men with a cause,
[Eb] The [Bb] men who defied [Gm] their [Bb] oppressor's laws,
The men [D] who [Eb] traded their dreams [Bb] for guns,
_ [Gm] _ Born into [F] slavery they were [Bb] freedom's _ sons. _
A poet's dream _ [G] _
[F] had [Bb] sparked a _ _ flame,
A raging [D] _ _ _ fire [G] it soon [Bb] became, _ _ _
And from [G] that fire _ _ _ of [D] _ destiny, _ _
_ [Eb] There [Bb] rose a _ _
[Gm] _ [F] nation [Bb] proud and free.
_ _ They were the [Dm] men with a [Eb] vision, the [Bb] men with a _ cause,
The [D] men who defied [Gm] their [Bb] oppressor's _ laws,
The men [Dm] who [Eb] traded their dreams [Bb]
for guns,
_ [Gm] _ Born into slavery [F] they were [Bb] freedom's sons. _ _ _ _
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