Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
INRTO:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
VERSE 1:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I am a gallant highway man, called Valentine O'Hara
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
And I come from poor but decent folk nigh to the Hill of Tara
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
By the getting of a maid with child, to England I went over
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I left my parents and I became a wild and daring rover
VERSE 2:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
Well, it's straight to England I did go, where I became a soldier
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
Resolved to fight Britannia's foes; no Hector great was bolder
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
I fought all in some foreign shores, where the cannons loud did rattle
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Believe me boys, I do not boast how I behaved in battle
VERSE 3:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
Well it's many's the battle I fought in, in Holland and French Flanders
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
For I always fought with a courage keen, led on by great commanders
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Until a cruel Ensign found me out, and I was flogged and carted
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Oh Cruel Usage they gave me, and so I soon departed
INSTRUMENTAL - pipes - verse chods 1X:
VERSE 4:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
Well it's straight back to England I did go as fast as winds would drive me
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
Resolved that of my liberty, no man could e'er deny me
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
For I slept out in the fields at night, by all my friends forsaken
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I dared not walk the road by day, for fear I might be taken
VERSE 5:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
But I being of a courage keen and likewise able-bodied
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
I robbed Lord Nelson on the King's Highway with my pistols heavy loaded
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
I placed my pistols to his breast which caused his heart to quiver
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Five-hundred pounds in ready gold to me he did deliver
VERSE 6:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
Well, with part of my new store of gold I bought a famous gelding
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
That could jump o'er a five-bar gate, and I bought it from Ned Fielding
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Lord Arkinstone all in his coach I robbed near Covent Garden
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
And two hours later that same night I robbed the Earl of Warren
VERSE 7:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
In Turnham Green I next did rob the revenue collector
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
And what I took from him I gave to a widow to protect her
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
I always robbed the rich and great, for to rob the poor I scorned it
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
And now in iron chains I'm bound and dooomed I now lie burning
VERSE 8:
C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC
And it's straight to Newgate I do go, all by the law convicted
FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G
To hang all on the Tyburn tree, of which I'm much affrighted
G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Farewell my friends and neighbors all, likewise my native Tara
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Kind providence may test the soul of Valentine O'Hara