Chords for Come Out Ye Black and Tans
Tempo:
104.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
F#m
A
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [Bm]
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal drums did beat,
[Bm] And those loving English feet, they walked all over us.
[D] Oh, and nearly every night [A] when me da would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite the [F#m] neighbours out with [Bm] this fine chorus.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Come, let us hear you tell [A] how you slandered great Parnell,
[Bm] When you fought him well and truly persecuted.
[D] Where are the sneers and jeers [A] that you loudly [F#m] let us hear
[Bm] When the leaders [F#m] of Sixteen were [Bm] executed?
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [C#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lanes of [Bm] Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Come, tell us how you slew [A] them Earl Arabs two by two,
[Bm] Like the Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows,
[D] How bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [F#m] them all natives [Bm] to the marrow.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and lovely lanes of Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Now the time is coming fast, [A] and I think those days are here,
[Bm] When those English Johnny's heels will run before us.
[D] Oh, and if there be a need, [A] then our kids will [F#m] say, Godspeed,
[Bm] With a verse or [F#m] two of singing [Bm] this fine chorus.
[B] Come out, ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man,
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[Dm] Oh, and how the IRA made your [Bm] run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Kilshan-ra.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [E] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal drums did beat,
[Bm] And those loving English feet, they walked all over us.
[D] Oh, and nearly every night [A] when me da would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite the [F#m] neighbours out with [Bm] this fine chorus.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Come, let us hear you tell [A] how you slandered great Parnell,
[Bm] When you fought him well and truly persecuted.
[D] Where are the sneers and jeers [A] that you loudly [F#m] let us hear
[Bm] When the leaders [F#m] of Sixteen were [Bm] executed?
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [C#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lanes of [Bm] Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Come, tell us how you slew [A] them Earl Arabs two by two,
[Bm] Like the Zulus they had spears and bows and arrows,
[D] How bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [F#m] them all natives [Bm] to the marrow.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and lovely lanes of Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Now the time is coming fast, [A] and I think those days are here,
[Bm] When those English Johnny's heels will run before us.
[D] Oh, and if there be a need, [A] then our kids will [F#m] say, Godspeed,
[Bm] With a verse or [F#m] two of singing [Bm] this fine chorus.
[B] Come out, ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man,
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[Dm] Oh, and how the IRA made your [Bm] run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Kilshan-ra.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [E] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] Kilshan-ra.
[F#m] [Bm]
Key:
Bm
F#m
A
D
B
Bm
F#m
A
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal drums did beat,
[Bm] And those loving English feet, they walked all over us.
[D] Oh, and nearly every night [A] when me da would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite the [F#m] neighbours out with [Bm] this fine chorus.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] _ Kilshan-ra.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Come, let us hear you tell [A] how you slandered great Parnell,
[Bm] When you fought him well and truly _ persecuted.
[D] Where are the sneers and jeers [A] that you loudly [F#m] let us hear
[Bm] When the leaders [F#m] of Sixteen were [Bm] _ executed?
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [C#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lanes of [Bm] _ Kilshan-ra.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Come, tell us how you slew [A] them Earl Arabs two by two,
[Bm] Like the Zulus they had spears and bows and _ arrows,
[D] How bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [F#m] them all natives [Bm] to the _ marrow.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and lovely lanes of _ Kilshan-ra.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Now the time is coming fast, [A] and I think those days are here,
[Bm] When those English Johnny's heels will run before us.
[D] Oh, and if there be a need, [A] then our kids will [F#m] say, Godspeed,
[Bm] With a verse or [F#m] two of singing [Bm] this fine chorus.
[B] Come out, ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man,
Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[Dm] Oh, and how the IRA made your [Bm] run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Kilshan-ra.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [E] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] _ Kilshan-ra. _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was born in a Dublin street [A] where the loyal drums did beat,
[Bm] And those loving English feet, they walked all over us.
[D] Oh, and nearly every night [A] when me da would [F#m] come home tight,
[Bm] He'd invite the [F#m] neighbours out with [Bm] this fine chorus.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [A] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] _ Kilshan-ra.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Come, let us hear you tell [A] how you slandered great Parnell,
[Bm] When you fought him well and truly _ persecuted.
[D] Where are the sneers and jeers [A] that you loudly [F#m] let us hear
[Bm] When the leaders [F#m] of Sixteen were [Bm] _ executed?
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [C#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [A] lovely lanes of [Bm] _ Kilshan-ra.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Come, tell us how you slew [A] them Earl Arabs two by two,
[Bm] Like the Zulus they had spears and bows and _ arrows,
[D] How bravely you faced one [A] with your sixteen [F#m]-pounder gun,
[Bm] And you frightened [F#m] them all natives [Bm] to the _ marrow.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [B] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and lovely lanes of _ Kilshan-ra.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
Now the time is coming fast, [A] and I think those days are here,
[Bm] When those English Johnny's heels will run before us.
[D] Oh, and if there be a need, [A] then our kids will [F#m] say, Godspeed,
[Bm] With a verse or [F#m] two of singing [Bm] this fine chorus.
[B] Come out, ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man,
Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[Dm] Oh, and how the IRA made your [Bm] run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Kilshan-ra.
Come out, ye black and tans, come [E] out and fight me [F#m] like a man,
[Bm] Show your wife how you won medals down in _ Flanders.
[D] Oh, and how the IRA [A] made your run like [F#m] hell away
[Bm] From the green and [F#m] lovely lanes of [Bm] _ Kilshan-ra. _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _