The Defenders Of The Green chords by Dean Mcbride

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Db

Intro:

Am   F


Verse 1:
     G                    Am
They came with chains and banners
         F                  C
Tried to claim what was not theirs
        Dm               Am
But the soil beneath our footsteps
          F                   G/C
Knows the blood and knows the prayers.
            Am
Through the hunger, fire, and shadow,
          F      G         C
Still our spirit would not fall
        Dm                 Am
For the heart of Ireland’s people
       F                  Am
Is the strongest force of all.

Chorus:
          Am        F           C
Raise the tricolour high in the sky
         G                         Am
Swear no stranger shall claim this isle.
            F     G       Am
Through the storm we will stand
        C             G
Hand in hand, side by side
         F            Dm    Am G
Hear the cry that has never died
      F         G      Am
We’re defenders of the green.


Verse 2:
     F        G          Am
They took our fields and rivers
         F       G      C
Tried to silence how we sing
        Dm                 Am
But the harp and drum grew louder
         F                  G/C
With the voice of freedom’s ring.
      F        G     Am
Every stone, a vow unbroken
      F       G      C
Every hill, a sacred ground
         Dm         Am
From the ashes of oppression
      F                  Am
Rises Ireland, proud and sound.


Chorus:
          Am        F           C
Raise the tricolour high in the sky
         G                         Am
Swear no stranger shall claim this isle.
            F     G       Am
Through the storm we will stand
        C             G
Hand in hand, side by side
         F            Dm    Am G
Hear the cry that has never died
      F         G      Am
We’re defenders of the green.


Bridge:
         F                   Am
Let them come with sword and thunder
          G                C
Still our will shall not divide
      Dm                  Am
For a land that’s born of struggle
         F           Am
Holds an everlasting pride.


Chorus:
          Am        F           C
Raise the tricolour high in the sky
         G                         Am
Swear no stranger shall claim this isle.
            F     G       Am
Through the storm we will stand
        C             G
Hand in hand, side by side
         F            Dm    Am G
Hear the cry that has never died
      F         G      Am
We’re defenders of the green.


Outro:
F