Chords for Up The Provos with lyrics
Tempo:
108.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
G
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Grew up on a [D] farm in a troubled Irish [Em] land
[E] Under foreign rule and the British [A] Crown's command his [D] father fought for [D] Ireland
50 years before but [E] the Free State cut [F#] their losses and [G] the English won the war
[G] When internment without trial [D] was the order of the day [E] when his brother was arrested and his friends were blown away
When [G] he was beaten near to death he [D] decided come what may [E] he'd throw his lot in with the [G] provost and he joined the [E] IRA
In [D] the occupied six [G] counties perhaps it never [D] will be known
All the [F#] foreign [E] soldiers in Armagh and Tyrone [D] who decided to head back
[G] [D] Across the Irish [E] Sea so they wouldn't have to meet the man from south of Derry
He [G] never wavered in his battle [D] for Irish Liberty [E] and the crown would soon regret [G] the day
They made [E] him enemy [G] the Brits called it banded [D] country and it filled them all with [E] right
In the [F#m] borderlands he who walked [E] the hills at night
[G] Up the Provost that's what [D] he said
[E] three little words that fill [B] the British [A] crown with [D] dread with a rifle on [Em] his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a few
[D]
Long may we remember
commandante [B] Francis Hughes
Long may we remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes
Once he was surrounded by the SAS
[E] How he might escape was anybody's guess [D] in his boots and camouflage
He didn't miss a beat he [E] walked right past the soldiers and out into the streets
[G] Once he came upon the [D] checkpoint the soldier didn't want to die
He [E] recognized our Francis and the soldier waved him back
[G] He didn't want to find out if he [D] could take what he could give
[E] He knew there'd be a [G] shootout and the soldier chose to live
Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[Am] And from this farmer's son
[Bm] Better men had [D] fled with a rifle on his shoulder a timer and a [B] fuse
Long may we [A] remember
commandante [Bm] Francis Hughes
[D] Long may we remember commandante Francis Hughes
[E]
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[D] [E]
[G] [D]
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[A] Was the North's most wooden man [E] with his photo everywhere
But he eluded capture with his wit and dyed blonde hair [D] for six years he was active [G] three times as long as most
[E] He became a legend [G] north to south [E] and coast to coast
He [G] came upon two soldiers out [D] one night on patrol
They [E] shot him [F#] in the firefight [G] and the bullets took their [D] toll he crawled off into the bushes, but they found him the next day
[E] Grabbed [F#m] him by his arms and they [E] carried him away
Up the [G] Provost that's what [D] he said
[A] With a shattered bone [Bm] and a body [A] full of lead [G] with a rifle [Em] on his [D] shoulder a timer and [Bm] a fuse
[D] Long may we remember
[Am] commandante [B] Francis Hughes
[G] Long may we [D] remember [A] commandante [D] Francis Hughes
They beat him and they [E] tortured him and they gave him 80 years when they brought him to the H blocks
He was greeted there with tears
[D] He went right on to the blanket [G] and when the [D] hunger strike began he [E] was the first to volunteer
Along with Bobby Sands [G] he was an Irish [D] soldier, and that's how he did his time
[E] He knew he [F#] was no [G] criminal [E] occupation was the [G] crime Bobby Sands had passed beyond us [D] where Francis soon would be
[E] And although he couldn't stand and he could barely see
[G] Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[A] As they carried him to hospital [B] to lay in his [E] deathbed with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a fuse
[Bm] [D] Long may we [A] remember
commandante Francis [D] Hughes
Up the Provost that's what he said
[E] And the next day there'd be another
Standing in his stead with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [Bm] and a fuse
[D] Long may we remember
commandante [Bm]
Francis Hughes
[D] Long may we [E] remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes
[E] Under foreign rule and the British [A] Crown's command his [D] father fought for [D] Ireland
50 years before but [E] the Free State cut [F#] their losses and [G] the English won the war
[G] When internment without trial [D] was the order of the day [E] when his brother was arrested and his friends were blown away
When [G] he was beaten near to death he [D] decided come what may [E] he'd throw his lot in with the [G] provost and he joined the [E] IRA
In [D] the occupied six [G] counties perhaps it never [D] will be known
All the [F#] foreign [E] soldiers in Armagh and Tyrone [D] who decided to head back
[G] [D] Across the Irish [E] Sea so they wouldn't have to meet the man from south of Derry
He [G] never wavered in his battle [D] for Irish Liberty [E] and the crown would soon regret [G] the day
They made [E] him enemy [G] the Brits called it banded [D] country and it filled them all with [E] right
In the [F#m] borderlands he who walked [E] the hills at night
[G] Up the Provost that's what [D] he said
[E] three little words that fill [B] the British [A] crown with [D] dread with a rifle on [Em] his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a few
[D]
Long may we remember
commandante [B] Francis Hughes
Long may we remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes
Once he was surrounded by the SAS
[E] How he might escape was anybody's guess [D] in his boots and camouflage
He didn't miss a beat he [E] walked right past the soldiers and out into the streets
[G] Once he came upon the [D] checkpoint the soldier didn't want to die
He [E] recognized our Francis and the soldier waved him back
[G] He didn't want to find out if he [D] could take what he could give
[E] He knew there'd be a [G] shootout and the soldier chose to live
Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[Am] And from this farmer's son
[Bm] Better men had [D] fled with a rifle on his shoulder a timer and a [B] fuse
Long may we [A] remember
commandante [Bm] Francis Hughes
[D] Long may we remember commandante Francis Hughes
[E]
[D]
[D] [E]
[G] [D]
[E]
[G] [D]
[E]
[A] Was the North's most wooden man [E] with his photo everywhere
But he eluded capture with his wit and dyed blonde hair [D] for six years he was active [G] three times as long as most
[E] He became a legend [G] north to south [E] and coast to coast
He [G] came upon two soldiers out [D] one night on patrol
They [E] shot him [F#] in the firefight [G] and the bullets took their [D] toll he crawled off into the bushes, but they found him the next day
[E] Grabbed [F#m] him by his arms and they [E] carried him away
Up the [G] Provost that's what [D] he said
[A] With a shattered bone [Bm] and a body [A] full of lead [G] with a rifle [Em] on his [D] shoulder a timer and [Bm] a fuse
[D] Long may we remember
[Am] commandante [B] Francis Hughes
[G] Long may we [D] remember [A] commandante [D] Francis Hughes
They beat him and they [E] tortured him and they gave him 80 years when they brought him to the H blocks
He was greeted there with tears
[D] He went right on to the blanket [G] and when the [D] hunger strike began he [E] was the first to volunteer
Along with Bobby Sands [G] he was an Irish [D] soldier, and that's how he did his time
[E] He knew he [F#] was no [G] criminal [E] occupation was the [G] crime Bobby Sands had passed beyond us [D] where Francis soon would be
[E] And although he couldn't stand and he could barely see
[G] Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[A] As they carried him to hospital [B] to lay in his [E] deathbed with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a fuse
[Bm] [D] Long may we [A] remember
commandante Francis [D] Hughes
Up the Provost that's what he said
[E] And the next day there'd be another
Standing in his stead with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [Bm] and a fuse
[D] Long may we remember
commandante [Bm]
Francis Hughes
[D] Long may we [E] remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes
Key:
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_ _ _ Grew up on a [D] farm in a troubled Irish [Em] land
[E] Under foreign rule and the British [A] Crown's command his [D] father fought for [D] Ireland
50 years before but [E] the Free State cut [F#] their losses and [G] the English won the war
[G] When internment without trial [D] was the order of the day [E] when his brother was arrested and his friends were blown away
When [G] he was beaten near to death he [D] decided come what may [E] he'd throw his lot in with the [G] provost and he joined the [E] IRA _
_ _ _ _ In [D] the occupied six [G] counties perhaps it never [D] will be known
All the [F#] foreign [E] soldiers in Armagh and Tyrone [D] who decided to head back
[G] [D] Across the Irish [E] Sea so they wouldn't have to meet the man from south of Derry
He [G] never wavered in his battle [D] for Irish Liberty [E] and the crown would soon regret [G] the day
They made [E] him enemy [G] the Brits called it banded [D] country and it filled them all with [E] right
In the [F#m] borderlands he who walked [E] the hills at night _ _ _ _
[G] Up the Provost that's what [D] he said
_ [E] three little words that fill [B] the British [A] crown with [D] dread with a rifle on [Em] his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a few
_ [D] _
Long may we remember
commandante [B] Francis Hughes
_ Long may we remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes
_ Once he was surrounded by the SAS
[E] How he might escape was anybody's guess [D] in his boots and camouflage
He didn't miss a beat he [E] walked right past the soldiers and out into the streets
[G] Once he came upon the [D] checkpoint the soldier didn't want to die
He [E] recognized our Francis and the soldier waved him back
[G] He didn't want to find out if he [D] could take what he could give
[E] He knew there'd be a [G] shootout and the soldier chose to live _ _
_ _ Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[Am] And from this farmer's son
[Bm] Better men had [D] fled with a rifle on his shoulder a timer and a [B] fuse
_ _ Long may we [A] remember
commandante [Bm] Francis Hughes
[D] _ Long may we remember commandante Francis Hughes _ _ _ _
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[A] Was the North's most wooden man [E] with his photo everywhere
_ But he eluded capture with his wit and dyed blonde hair [D] for six years he was active [G] three times as long as most
[E] He became a legend [G] north to south [E] and coast to coast
He [G] came upon two soldiers out [D] one night on patrol
They [E] shot him [F#] in the firefight [G] and the bullets took their [D] toll he crawled off into the bushes, but they found him the next day
[E] Grabbed [F#m] him by his arms and they [E] carried him away _
_ _ _ Up the [G] Provost that's what [D] he said
_ [A] With a shattered bone [Bm] and a body [A] full of lead [G] with a rifle [Em] on his [D] shoulder a timer and [Bm] a fuse
_ [D] Long may we remember
[Am] commandante [B] Francis Hughes
_ [G] Long may we [D] remember [A] commandante [D] Francis Hughes _ _ _
_ They beat him and they [E] tortured him and they gave him 80 years when they brought him to the H blocks
He was greeted there with tears
[D] He went right on to the blanket [G] and when the [D] hunger strike began he [E] was the first to volunteer
Along with Bobby Sands [G] he was an Irish [D] soldier, and that's how he did his time
[E] He knew he [F#] was no [G] criminal [E] occupation was the [G] crime Bobby Sands had passed beyond us [D] where Francis soon would be
[E] And although he couldn't stand and he could barely see _ _
_ _ [G] Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[A] As they carried him to hospital [B] to lay in his [E] deathbed with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a fuse
[Bm] _ [D] _ Long may we [A] remember
commandante Francis [D] Hughes
Up the Provost that's what he said
[E] And the next day there'd be another
Standing in his stead with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [Bm] and a fuse
_ [D] _ Long may we remember
commandante [Bm]
Francis Hughes
_ [D] Long may we [E] remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Grew up on a [D] farm in a troubled Irish [Em] land
[E] Under foreign rule and the British [A] Crown's command his [D] father fought for [D] Ireland
50 years before but [E] the Free State cut [F#] their losses and [G] the English won the war
[G] When internment without trial [D] was the order of the day [E] when his brother was arrested and his friends were blown away
When [G] he was beaten near to death he [D] decided come what may [E] he'd throw his lot in with the [G] provost and he joined the [E] IRA _
_ _ _ _ In [D] the occupied six [G] counties perhaps it never [D] will be known
All the [F#] foreign [E] soldiers in Armagh and Tyrone [D] who decided to head back
[G] [D] Across the Irish [E] Sea so they wouldn't have to meet the man from south of Derry
He [G] never wavered in his battle [D] for Irish Liberty [E] and the crown would soon regret [G] the day
They made [E] him enemy [G] the Brits called it banded [D] country and it filled them all with [E] right
In the [F#m] borderlands he who walked [E] the hills at night _ _ _ _
[G] Up the Provost that's what [D] he said
_ [E] three little words that fill [B] the British [A] crown with [D] dread with a rifle on [Em] his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a few
_ [D] _
Long may we remember
commandante [B] Francis Hughes
_ Long may we remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes
_ Once he was surrounded by the SAS
[E] How he might escape was anybody's guess [D] in his boots and camouflage
He didn't miss a beat he [E] walked right past the soldiers and out into the streets
[G] Once he came upon the [D] checkpoint the soldier didn't want to die
He [E] recognized our Francis and the soldier waved him back
[G] He didn't want to find out if he [D] could take what he could give
[E] He knew there'd be a [G] shootout and the soldier chose to live _ _
_ _ Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[Am] And from this farmer's son
[Bm] Better men had [D] fled with a rifle on his shoulder a timer and a [B] fuse
_ _ Long may we [A] remember
commandante [Bm] Francis Hughes
[D] _ Long may we remember commandante Francis Hughes _ _ _ _
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[A] Was the North's most wooden man [E] with his photo everywhere
_ But he eluded capture with his wit and dyed blonde hair [D] for six years he was active [G] three times as long as most
[E] He became a legend [G] north to south [E] and coast to coast
He [G] came upon two soldiers out [D] one night on patrol
They [E] shot him [F#] in the firefight [G] and the bullets took their [D] toll he crawled off into the bushes, but they found him the next day
[E] Grabbed [F#m] him by his arms and they [E] carried him away _
_ _ _ Up the [G] Provost that's what [D] he said
_ [A] With a shattered bone [Bm] and a body [A] full of lead [G] with a rifle [Em] on his [D] shoulder a timer and [Bm] a fuse
_ [D] Long may we remember
[Am] commandante [B] Francis Hughes
_ [G] Long may we [D] remember [A] commandante [D] Francis Hughes _ _ _
_ They beat him and they [E] tortured him and they gave him 80 years when they brought him to the H blocks
He was greeted there with tears
[D] He went right on to the blanket [G] and when the [D] hunger strike began he [E] was the first to volunteer
Along with Bobby Sands [G] he was an Irish [D] soldier, and that's how he did his time
[E] He knew he [F#] was no [G] criminal [E] occupation was the [G] crime Bobby Sands had passed beyond us [D] where Francis soon would be
[E] And although he couldn't stand and he could barely see _ _
_ _ [G] Up the Provost [D] that's what he said
[A] As they carried him to hospital [B] to lay in his [E] deathbed with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [B] and a fuse
[Bm] _ [D] _ Long may we [A] remember
commandante Francis [D] Hughes
Up the Provost that's what he said
[E] And the next day there'd be another
Standing in his stead with a rifle on his [D] shoulder a timer [Bm] and a fuse
_ [D] _ Long may we remember
commandante [Bm]
Francis Hughes
_ [D] Long may we [E] remember commandante [D] Francis Hughes _ _ _ _ _
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