The Boys Of Wexford chords by The Clancy Brothers

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Verse:
   G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
In comes the captain's daughter,
    D MajorD     E minorEm
The captain of the Yeos,
  G+G     C majorC     D MajorD
Saying: Brave United Irishmen,
 G+G     D MajorD     G+G
We'll ne'er again be foes.
  C majorC         G+G
A augmentedA thousand pounds I'll bring
      C majorC     G+G    E minorEm
If you will fly from home with me,
   G+G      C majorC     D MajorD
And dress myself in man's attire
   G+G  D MajorD    G+G
And fight for liberty.

🎸 Chorus:
  C majorC        G+G
We are the boys of Wexford,
   C majorC   G+G       E minorEm
Who fought with heart and hand
  G+G         C majorC    D MajorD
To burst in twain the galling chain
  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And free our native land.

🎸 Verse:
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
I want no gold, my maiden fair,
    D MajorD     E minorEm
To fly from home with thee;
  G+G    C majorC      D MajorD
You shining eyes will be my prize -
 G+G     D MajorD     G+G
More dear than gold to me.
  C majorC         G+G
I want no gold to nerve my arm
C majorC     G+G    E minorEm
To do a true man's part -
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
To free my land I'd gladly give
 G+G     D MajorD     G+G
The red drops of my heart."

🎸 Chorus:
  C majorC        G+G
We are the boys of Wexford,
   C majorC   G+G       E minorEm
Who fought with heart and hand
  G+G         C majorC    D MajorD
To burst in twain the galling chain
  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And free our native land.

🎸 Verse:
   G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
And when we left our cabins, boys,
    D MajorD     E minorEm
We left with right good will
   G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
To see our friends and neighbours
 G+G     D MajorD     G+G
That were at Vinegar Hill
   C majorC         G+G
A augmentedA young man from our Irish ranks
 C majorC   G+G    E minorEm
A augmentedA cannon he let go;
 G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
He slapt it into Lord Mountjoy -
 G+G     D MajorD     G+G
A augmentedA tyrant he laid low! 🎸 Chorus:

🎸 Chorus:
  C majorC        G+G
We are the boys of Wexford,
   C majorC   G+G       E minorEm
Who fought with heart and hand
  G+G         C majorC    D MajorD
To burst in twain the galling chain
  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And free our native land.

🎸 Verse:
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
We bravely fought and conquered
   D MajorD     E minorEm
At Ross and Wexford town;
   G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
Three Bullet Gate for years to come
 G+G     D MajorD    G+G
Will speak of our renown;
    C majorC         G+G
Through Walpole's horse and Walpole's foot
 C majorC    G+G    E minorEm
On Tubberneering's day,
    G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
Depending on the long, bright pike

 G+G   D MajorD    G+G
We cut our gory way.

🎸 Chorus:
  C majorC        G+G
We are the boys of Wexford,
   C majorC   G+G       E minorEm
Who fought with heart and hand
  G+G         C majorC    D MajorD
To burst in twain the galling chain
  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And free our native land.

🎸 Verse:
   G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
And Oulart's name shall be their shame,
    D MajorD     E minorEm
Whose steel we ne'er did fear.
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
For every man could do his part
 G+G     D MajorD    G+G
Like Forth and Shelmalier!
  C majorC        G+G
And if for want of leaders,
 C majorC    G+G    E minorEm
We lost at Vinegar Hill,
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD
We're ready for another fight,
 G+G     D MajorD     G+G
And love our country still!

🎸 Chorus:
  C majorC        G+G
We are the boys of Wexford,
   C majorC   G+G       E minorEm
Who fought with heart and hand
  G+G         C majorC    D MajorD
To burst in twain the galling chain
  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And free our native land.