Chords for The Fighting 69th by The Fenians
Tempo:
87.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Em
G
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [D] [Em] Welcome [C] all [G] you gallant [D] [Em] heroes [C] along with [D] me combined, [Em] and I'll sing you [G] a song it [D] won't take [Em] long of [D] the Fighting [Em] 69.
[G] They're a band of brave [D] men, stout [Em] and bold, from [D] Ireland they came, and [Em] they had a leader [D] too, the poor me [Em] Corcoran was his name.
[D] [Em] It was on the 12th [G] day of [D] April [Em] that they went [D] [Em] away, how they made a sight [G] so [D] glorious [Em] that they marched [D] along [Em] Broadway.
[G] They marched along [D] Broadway, me boys, [Em] and [C] paraded to [D] the shore, [Em] and from there [C] they went [G] to [D] Washington [Em] and [D] paraded to [Em] the war.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we [C] did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing [G] this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the [D] Fighting [Em] 69.
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[Em] [C] [D] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [D] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
[Em]
[D] [Em] [C] How often do [G] you dare [D] to yawn, [Em] but I'll [C] see you [D] once more, [Em] how it fills my heart with sorrow to leave you a silver shore.
[G] Ah, but the [D] country is calling us, [Em] and we [C] must [D] haste for, [Em] so here's to the stars, this wrecks [D] me boys, [G] and to [D] Ireland's [Em] lovely joy.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we did it with [D] us alive, [G] singing this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the Fighting 69.
[D] [Em] And here's to [G] Murphy and [Em] Devine, our leaders [D] of renown, [Em] who did escort us heroes [D] into the [Em] battleground.
[G] And said [D] unto our [Em] colonel, we must fight them [D] hand to hand, [Em] until we plant the stars right's way down in Dixieland.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [Em] boys, and since we did [D] it with us alive, [Em] singing this to [G] the boys [D] from [Em] Fairmont boys of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [G] boys, and since we did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing this to [C] the boys [G] from [D] Fairmont boys [A]
[Em] of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
[D] [Em]
[Bb]
[Eb] [N] Mark Williams on the Fighting 69,
[G] They're a band of brave [D] men, stout [Em] and bold, from [D] Ireland they came, and [Em] they had a leader [D] too, the poor me [Em] Corcoran was his name.
[D] [Em] It was on the 12th [G] day of [D] April [Em] that they went [D] [Em] away, how they made a sight [G] so [D] glorious [Em] that they marched [D] along [Em] Broadway.
[G] They marched along [D] Broadway, me boys, [Em] and [C] paraded to [D] the shore, [Em] and from there [C] they went [G] to [D] Washington [Em] and [D] paraded to [Em] the war.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we [C] did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing [G] this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the [D] Fighting [Em] 69.
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[Em] [C] [D] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [D] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
[Em]
[D] [Em] [C] How often do [G] you dare [D] to yawn, [Em] but I'll [C] see you [D] once more, [Em] how it fills my heart with sorrow to leave you a silver shore.
[G] Ah, but the [D] country is calling us, [Em] and we [C] must [D] haste for, [Em] so here's to the stars, this wrecks [D] me boys, [G] and to [D] Ireland's [Em] lovely joy.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we did it with [D] us alive, [G] singing this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the Fighting 69.
[D] [Em] And here's to [G] Murphy and [Em] Devine, our leaders [D] of renown, [Em] who did escort us heroes [D] into the [Em] battleground.
[G] And said [D] unto our [Em] colonel, we must fight them [D] hand to hand, [Em] until we plant the stars right's way down in Dixieland.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [Em] boys, and since we did [D] it with us alive, [Em] singing this to [G] the boys [D] from [Em] Fairmont boys of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
[G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [G] boys, and since we did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing this to [C] the boys [G] from [D] Fairmont boys [A]
[Em] of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
[D] [Em]
[Bb]
[Eb] [N] Mark Williams on the Fighting 69,
Key:
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Em
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C
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Em
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] [Em] Welcome [C] all [G] you gallant [D] [Em] heroes [C] along with [D] me combined, [Em] and I'll sing you [G] a song it [D] won't take [Em] long of [D] the Fighting [Em] 69.
[G] They're a band of brave [D] men, stout [Em] and bold, from [D] Ireland they came, and [Em] they had a leader [D] too, the poor me [Em] Corcoran was his name. _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] It was on the 12th [G] day of [D] April [Em] that they went [D] [Em] away, how they made a sight [G] so [D] glorious [Em] that they marched [D] along [Em] Broadway.
[G] They marched along [D] Broadway, me boys, [Em] and [C] paraded to [D] the shore, [Em] and from there [C] they went [G] to [D] Washington [Em] and [D] paraded to [Em] the war.
_ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we [C] did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing [G] this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the [D] Fighting [Em] 69. _ _ _
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[Em] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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[Em] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
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[D] _ _ [Em] [C] How often do [G] you dare [D] to yawn, [Em] but I'll [C] see you [D] once more, [Em] how it fills my heart with sorrow to leave you a silver shore.
[G] Ah, but the [D] country is calling us, [Em] and we [C] must [D] haste for, [Em] so here's to the stars, this wrecks [D] me boys, [G] and to [D] Ireland's [Em] lovely joy.
_ _ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we did it with [D] us alive, [G] singing this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the Fighting 69. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] [Em] And here's to [G] Murphy and [Em] Devine, our leaders [D] of renown, [Em] who did escort us heroes [D] into the [Em] battleground.
[G] And said [D] unto our [Em] colonel, we must fight them [D] hand to hand, [Em] until we plant the stars right's way down in Dixieland.
_ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [Em] boys, and since we did [D] it with us alive, [Em] singing this to [G] the boys [D] from [Em] Fairmont boys of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
_ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [G] boys, and since we did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing this to [C] the boys [G] from _ [D] Fairmont _ _ _ boys _ _ [A] _
[Em] of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] Mark Williams on the Fighting 69,
[G] They're a band of brave [D] men, stout [Em] and bold, from [D] Ireland they came, and [Em] they had a leader [D] too, the poor me [Em] Corcoran was his name. _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] It was on the 12th [G] day of [D] April [Em] that they went [D] [Em] away, how they made a sight [G] so [D] glorious [Em] that they marched [D] along [Em] Broadway.
[G] They marched along [D] Broadway, me boys, [Em] and [C] paraded to [D] the shore, [Em] and from there [C] they went [G] to [D] Washington [Em] and [D] paraded to [Em] the war.
_ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we [C] did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing [G] this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the [D] Fighting [Em] 69. _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
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[D] _ _ [Em] [C] How often do [G] you dare [D] to yawn, [Em] but I'll [C] see you [D] once more, [Em] how it fills my heart with sorrow to leave you a silver shore.
[G] Ah, but the [D] country is calling us, [Em] and we [C] must [D] haste for, [Em] so here's to the stars, this wrecks [D] me boys, [G] and to [D] Ireland's [Em] lovely joy.
_ _ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching boys, [Em] and since we did it with [D] us alive, [G] singing this to the boys from [D] Fairmont [Em] boys of the Fighting 69. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] [Em] And here's to [G] Murphy and [Em] Devine, our leaders [D] of renown, [Em] who did escort us heroes [D] into the [Em] battleground.
[G] And said [D] unto our [Em] colonel, we must fight them [D] hand to hand, [Em] until we plant the stars right's way down in Dixieland.
_ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [Em] boys, and since we did [D] it with us alive, [Em] singing this to [G] the boys [D] from [Em] Fairmont boys of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
_ [G] So we came from Ohio, [D] teaching [G] boys, and since we did it with [D] us alive, [Em] singing this to [C] the boys [G] from _ [D] Fairmont _ _ _ boys _ _ [A] _
[Em] of the Fighting [D] [Em] 69.
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] Mark Williams on the Fighting 69,