Brave Ireland Elle Marie O' Dwyer Chords

[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ He [C] clasped [F] his hand to mine, _ _ and asked [Bb] me to listen a while.
[C] I sat by his bedside to hear, as he [F] shed a glistening [G] tear.
[C] _ _ He [F] said, O daughter my love, before [Bb]
God takes me above,
[Gm] Let me tell [C] you of times that are gone, and brave [F] I am [Bb] left.
[F] _ I fought for this country bold, with passion [Bb] and pride I'm told.
[Gm] Our [C] comrades and I made a stand, so that freedom [F] would ring o'er the [Dm] _ [C] land.
We [F] strived for _ [Bb] liberty, [F] _ so that one [Bb] day our children might _ see,
[Gm] A [C] nation united and free, _ in brave [F] I am [Bb] left.
_ [F] _ So [F] [Bb] let it not have been in _ vain, [F] our struggles _ [Bb] [F] and our pain.
[Bb] Let it all have been [Gm] worthwhile, for [C] every woman and child.
_ [Bb] And no matter where you roam, [F] think on your [Bb] [F] Irish home.
[Am] [Bb] Take pride in who [C] you are, and brave [F] I am left.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] He said, [F] I fear when I'm _ gone, our [Bb] legacy will not live _ on.
[Gm] One promise [C] I'm hoping you'll _ make, for me [F] and for dear Oisín _ [C] Síghe.
Embrace [F] her language and [Bb] song, [F] _ help her culture [Bb] and music live _ on.
[Gm] And continue [C] to fight for the [F] _ [C] wrongs, against free [F] _
[Bb] Ireland.
_ [F] _ [Gm] And [F] let [Bb] it not have been in vain, our [F] _
struggles and our pain.
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Let it all have been [Gm] worthwhile, for [C] every woman [Am] and [F] [C] child.
_ And [Bb] no matter where you roam, [F] think on your Irish home.
[Bb] Take pride in who [C] you are, and brave I [F] am left.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] Take pride in who you [C] are, and brave [F] I am left. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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