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A Rebel Song by James Connolly
A Rebel Song
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
G
Come workers sing a rebel song,
C G
A song of love and hate,
C G
Of love unto the lowly
C D
And of hatred to the great.
G
The great who trod our fathers down,
C G
Who steal our children?s bread,
C G
Whose hands of greed are stretched to rob
C D
The living and the dead.
[Chorus]
C G
Then sing our rebel song as we
C G
proudly sweep along
C G
To end the age-old tyranny
C D
that makes for human tears.
C G
Our march is nearer done, with
C G
each setting of the sun.
C G
And the tyrants? might is passing
C D
with the passing of the years.
[Verse 2]
G
We sing no more of wailing
C G
And no songs of sighs or tears;
C G
High are our hopes and stout our hearts
C D
And banished all our fears.
G
Our flag is raised above us
C G
So that all the world may see,
C G
?Tis Labour?s faith and Labour?s arm
C D
Alone can Labour free.
[Chorus]
C G
Then sing our rebel song as we
C G
proudly sweep along
C G
To end the age-old tyranny
C D
that makes for human tears.
C G
Our march is nearer done, with
C G
each setting of the sun.
C G
And the tyrants? might is passing
C D
with the passing of the years.
[Verse 3]
G
Out of the depths of misery
C G
We march with hearts aflame;
C G
With wrath against the rulers false
C D
Who wreck our manhood?s name.
G
The serf who licks the tyrant?s rod
C G
May bend forgiving knee;
C G
The slave who breaks his slavery's chain
C D
A wrathful man must be.
[Chorus]
C G
Then sing our rebel song as we
C G
proudly sweep along
C G
To end the age-old tyranny
C D
that makes for human tears.
C G
Our march is nearer done, with
C G
each setting of the sun.
C G
And the tyrants? might is passing
C D
with the passing of the years.
[Verse 3]
G
Our army marches onward
C G
With its face towards the dawn,
C G
In trust secure in that one thing
C D
The slave may lean upon.
G
The might within the arm of him
C G
Who knowing freedom?s worth,
C G
Strikes hard to banish tyranny
C D
From off the face of earth.
[Chorus]
C G
Then sing our rebel song as we
C G
proudly sweep along
C G
To end the age-old tyranny
C D
that makes for human tears.
C G
Our march is nearer done, with
C G
each setting of the sun.
C G
And the tyrants? might is passing
C D
with the passing of the years.
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