Key:G
Capo:4th fret
[Verse 1]
G
In a bar room near the border,
C Am
Down a staircase dark and dim,
D D7
Gathered soldiers from the front line,
D
There to rest and settle in,
G
They had travelled over the mountains
C Am
Through the mashes, in the mud,
D D7
Weak and weary of their battles,
D G G7
Stretching days without their grub.
[Chorus]
C D
Men of gallant defiance bearing
G Em
Witness to their dead,
C D
Men of vengeful resistence
G G7
Wearing rifles full of lead,
C D
How to use them no man questioned,
G D Em
For their tally was unique,
C D
But amongst them an informer,
C D G
Slipped unnoticed to the street.
[Verse 2]
G
To the barracks full of soldiers,
C Am
Fast he ran without delay,
D D7
Where he told them of his comrades,
D
They were helpless now to slay,
G
Thirty pieces was his making
C Am
As that Judas broke his oath,
D D7
And what happened shortly after
D G G7
That etched a mark upon his soul.
[Chorus]
C D
Men of gallant defiance bearing
G Em
Witness to their dead,
C D
Men of vengeful resistence
G G7
Wearing rifles full of lead,
C D
How to use them no man questioned,
G D Em
For their tally was unique,
C D
But amongst them an informer,
C D G
Slipped unnoticed to the street.
[Verse 3]
G
Now the Brits they stalked our hideout,
C Am
All of fifteen hundred guns,
D D7
On a hillside way above them
D
Lay a squad of Ireland´s sons,
G
Have no mercy was the order
C Am
As we slaughtered Satans men,
D D7
And we chased the few remaining
D G G7
To the bottom of the glen.
[Chorus]
C D
Men of gallant defiance bearing
G Em
Witness to their dead,
C D
Men of vengeful resistence
G G7
Wearing rifles full of lead,
C D
How to use them no man questioned,
G D Em
For their tally was unique,
C D
But amongst them an informer,
C D G
Slipped unnoticed to the street.
[Verse 4]
G
Now Gilmour was drinking,
C Am
Having laughs with all the girls,
D D7
He was promising them jewellery,
D
As grand as all the earls,
G
Lying drunk along the table,
C Am
They stole the silver from his coat,
D D7
Knowing Gilmour sold his comrades,
D D7 G G7
They upped a knife and slit his throat.
[Chorus]
C D
Men of gallant defiance bearing
G Em
Witness to their dead,
C D
Men of vengeful resistence
G G7
Wearing rifles full of lead,
C D
How to use them no man questioned,
G D Em
For their tally was unique,
C D
But amongst them an informer,
C D G
Slipped unnoticed to the street.
[Outro]
C G D G
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