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Come Out Ye Black And Tans by Jesse Ferguson
Come Out Ye Black And Tans
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[Verse]
Am G Em
I was born on a Dublin street where the Royal drums do beat,
Am
and the loving English feet they tramped all over us.
C G Em
And each and every night when me Dad would come home tight
Am G Am
he'd invite the neighbours outside with this chorus:
[Chorus]
Am G Em
Come out, ye black and tans; come out and fight me like a man!
Am
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders.
C G Em
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away,
Am G Am
from the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra.
[Interlude]
Am G Am
[Verse]
Am G Em
Come, tell us how you slew them poor Arabs two by two:
Am
like the Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows.
C G Em
Tell us how you slew each one with your sixteen-pounder gun
Am G Am
and you frightened them poor natives to the marrow.
[Chorus]
Am G Em
Come out, ye black and tans; come out and fight me like a man!
Am
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders.
C G Em
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away,
Am G Am
from the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra.
[Verse]
Am G Em
Come on, let us hear you tell how you slaughtered great Parnell.
Am
How you fought them well and truly persecuted.
C G Em
Where are those sneers and jeers that you bravely let us hear
Am G Am
when our heroes of sixteen were executed.
[Chorus]
Am G Em
Come out, ye black and tans; come out and fight me like a man!
Am
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders.
C G Em
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away,
Am G Am
from the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra.
[Verse]
Am G Em
Well, the day is coming fast, and the time is here at last
Am
when each yeoman will be cast aside before us.
C G Em
And if there be a need sure my sons will sing, "Godspeed!"
Am G Am
with a verse or two of Stephen Beehan's chorus.
[Chorus]
Am G Em
Come out, ye black and tans; come out and fight me like a man!
Am
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders.
C G Em
Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away,
Am G Am
from the green and lovely lanes in Killashandra.
(repeat final line two times)
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