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Clear The Way by John Doyle
Clear The Way
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
D
In the cold grey light of morning
C G D
After the deal had gone down
D C D
I awoke and shook all over
C G D
Hoping a dram would bring me round
D G D
Well I stared at the sight all around me
C G A7
dusted blue and faded grey
D C D
Men in heaps were scattered
C G D
Men who fought and died here today
[Verse 2]
D
Well I lived my youth in Connemara
C G A7
Roving from town to town
D C D
I shipped on board of the Amelia
C G D
To New York City I was bound
D G D
Not for honour, nor for country
C G A7
We kill for three square meals a day
D G D
Off the boat and pack on shoulder
C G D
Gun in hand we're here to stay
[Chorus]
A D D/F
At Fredericksburg we rose to meet them
G D A
Though we knew the price we'd pay
C G D
But the Irish Brigade will not surrender
C G D
Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way!
[Verse 3]
D
General Meagher, he gave the order
C G A7
Up Marye's Heights charge away!
D C D
The hills were rife with blood and murder
C G D
As we gouged and tore our way
D G D
McMillan's rebels they fired upon us
C G A7
shot and shell, buck and ball
D G D
Their green flag rose high above them
C G D
As ours fell on the battle wall
[Chorus]
A D D/F
At Fredericksburg we rose to meet them
G D A
Though we knew the price we'd pay
C G D
But the Irish Brigade will not surrender
C G D
Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way!
[Instrumental]
Bm A G F# D G Bm
Bm A G F# D G Bm G Em D
[Verse 4]
D
Well hand to hand and face to face there
C G D
A young rebel he charged me in the fray
D C D
I turned around and my blade went through him
C G D
I did the Devil's work that day
D G D
For I saw my face there before me
C G A7
In the boy that I hewed down
D G D
He could have been a friend or brother
C G D
Another exile from my town
D
Three thousand strong rose to fight them
C G D
In Antietam's ripening corn
D C D
But Fredericksburg was our undoing
C G D
Three hundred left to weep and mourn
[Chorus]
A D D/F
At Fredericksburg we rose to meet them
G D A
Though we knew the price we'd pay
C G D
But the Irish Brigade will not surrender
C G D
Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way!
[Chorus]
A D D/F
At Fredericksburg we rose to meet them
G D A
Though we knew the price we'd pay
C G D
But the Irish Brigade will not surrender
C G D
Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way!
C G D
Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way!
[Outro]
Bm A G F# D G Bm (x3)
Bm A G F# D G Bm G Em D
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