Four Green Fields-Makem & Clancy 9/10 Chords

[E] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ A song we can sing wherever we go.
[G] It's been sung, God knows, all over the world by many groups.
A lot of people, even in Ireland, think it's an old traditional song.
But it was written by Thomas Macon himself.
It's called The Four Green Fields.
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The _ _ pockets of our great coats, full of barley. _
No kitchens on the run, no striking camp.
We moved quick and sudden in our own country.
The priest lay behind ditches with the tramp.
Our people hardly marching on the hike.
We saw new tactics happening each day.
We'd cut through rains and rider with a pike and stampede cattle into infantry.
Then retreat through hedges where cavalry must be thrown. _
Until [G] on Vidigar Hill, the fatal comté.
_ _ Terrorists, thousands [D] died, shaking scythes [G] at cannon. _ _
The hillside [Em] blushed, soaked in our [C] broken wave. _
They [G] buried us without shroud or coffin. _
But in August, _ _ [D]
the barley [G] grew up out of the grave. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ What _ [D] _
[G] did I _ have _ [C] to the fine _ _ [G] old woman? _ _ _
_ What _ [D] did [G] I have? _
[C] The proud _ old woman [G] did [D] say
_ I [G] had _ four [D] _
[G] green _ _ _ _ fields.
Each [C] one _ [D] was a jewel, _ _ [G] but _ _ [D] strangers _
[Em] _ _ came _
[C] and tried to take them [D] from me.
[C] _ [D] I [Bm] had fine [Am] strong _
[G] _ _ _ sons.
They fought [C] to save [D] my jewels. _ _
[C] They fought _ _ [G] and died. _ _ _
[C] [G] And that was my [D] grief, [G] said she. _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ [D] Long time _ [G] _ _ ago, _ [C] said the fine _ _ [G] old woman. _ _ _
_ Long _ [D] _
time [G] _ ago, _ _ [C] this proud old woman [Em] [D] did say _
[G] There was war _ _ and _ [Em] _ _
death, [G] _ _ _ [C] plundering _ [D] and _ _ pillage.
My [G] _ _ children _ _ [Em] _ _ starved _ [C] by _ mountain, valley _ [G] [D] and sea.
And [G] [Bm] their _ [Am] wailing _ _ [G] _ cries, _ _ they _ shook [C] the _ [D] very _ _ heavens.
_ [C] _ _
My four _ [G] green _ _ [C] fields ran [G] _
red with [D] their blood, [G] said she.
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_ _ What have I now, _ _ _ [C] said the fine _ _ [G] old woman.
_ What _ _ _ have [D] _ _
[G] I now, _ _ _ [C] this proud old woman [D] did say. _
I [G] have _ [D] four _ [Em] green _ _ _ _ [G] fields.
One [C] of _ [G] them's [D] in _ _ bondage [G] in _ _
_ [D] strangers' _ [Em] _
hands.
_ _ _ [C] Who tried to take [G] it from [D] _ _ me.
But [Bm] my _ sons [Am] are _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ brave [C] as well.
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
My [E] _ [C] _ fourth green _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ field _ _ [C]
will [G] _ bloom _ [E]
[D] once _ _ again, _
[G] _ said [C] she. _ _
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