The Rising Of The Moon Chords by The High Kings

Well this next song is about a very, very important time in Irish history, which was of course
the rebellion of 1798 down in Wexford.
All the boys with their pikes in hand are waiting for
the beginning of the rebellion.
The signal being the rising of_
Oh come tell me Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry [A] so.
[G] Hush a fookle, [D] hush and listen, and [A] these cheeks were [D] on a glow.
_ _ I bear orders from the captain, get you ready quick [A] and soon.
[G] For the pikes will speed [D] together by [A] the rising of [Gm] the moon.
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_ _ _ Oh come tell me Sean O'Farrell, [A] where the gatling is to be.
[D] On the old spot by the river, quite well known to you and me.
One more word, the signal token, whistle out the [A] marching tune.
[G] With your pike [D] upon your shoulder, by the rising of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, [A] by the rising of the moon.
[G] With your pike upon [D] your shoulder, by the rising of the moon. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Out from many a mud walk cabin, eyes were [A] watching through the night.
[G] Any manly heart [D] was beating for [A] the blessed warning light.
Murmurs rang along the valleys to the band she slowly grew.
[G] And a thousand [D] pikes were flashing by the rising of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, by the rising [A] of the moon.
[G] And a thousand [D] pikes were flashing by the rising of the moon.
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_ _ All along the singing river, [A] that bright mass of men was seen.
[G] High above [D] the shining weapons, through their own beloved ring.
Yet to every poet and trader, whistle [A] out the marching tune.
[G] And a grand [D] revise for freedom at the rising of the moon. _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ By the rising of the moon, by [A] the rising of the moon.
[G] All the pikes must [D] be together, by the rising of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, by [A] the rising of the moon.
[G] With your pike [D] upon your shoulder, by the rising of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, [A] by the rising of the moon.
[G] And a thousand [A] pikes were flashing by the rising [D] of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, by the [A] rising of the moon.
[G] All the pikes must [D] be together, by the rising of the moon.
By the rising of the moon, [A] by the rising of the moon.
[D] And a thousand [A] pikes were flashing by the rising of [D] the moon. _ _ _
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