Rifles Of The Ira by Wolfe Tones THE RIFLES OF THE IRA - Wolfe Tones Chords: G: 320033 C: x32010 D: xx0232 Em: 022000 In [G] nineteen hundred and sixteen, The [C] Forces [D] of the [G] Crown, To Capture Orange, [Em] White and Green, Bom[D]barded Dublin [G] Town, But in twenty one, [Em] Britannia's huns, Were [D] forced to earn their [G] pay, When the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the [C] rifles of the [D] IR[G]A They [G] burned their way through Munster and Laid [C] Leinster [D] on the [G] rack, Through Connaught and in [Em] Ulster, Marched the men [D] in brown and [G] black, They shot down wives and [Em] child-er-en, In their [D] own heroic [G] way, And the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the [C] rifles of the [D] IR[G]A They hanged young Kevin Barry high, A [C] lad of [D] eighteen [G] years, Cork City’s flames lit [Em] up the sky, But our [D] brave boys new no [G] fear. The Cork Brigade with [Em] hand grenade In am[D]bush waiting lay[G], And the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the [C] rifles of the [D] IR[G]A The [G] tans were got, taken out and shot By the [C] brave and [D] the valiant few, [G] Sean Treacy, Denny, [Em] Lacey, And Tom Barr[D]y’s Gallant crew, [G] Though we’re not free ye[Em]t, we won’t forget Un[D]til our dying [G] day How the Black and Tans, Like lightning ran From the [C] rifles of the [D] IR[G]A www.TAB6.com