Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm
As I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn
C majorC G+G A minorAm
The boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone
C majorC G+G E MajorE
How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose
A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF A minorAm
Oh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes
A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm
For many years his exploits were a thorn in England’s side
C majorC G+G A minorAm
The hills and glens became his home it was there he used to hide
C majorC G+G E MajorE
Once when they surrounded him he quietly slipped away
A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF A minorAm
Like a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs at bay
A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm
Moving round the countryside he often made the news
C majorC G+G A minorAm
But they could never lay there hands on my brave francis hughes
C majorC G+G E MajorE
Finally they wounded him then captured him at last
A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF A minorAm
From the countryside he loved they took him to belfast
A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm
From Musgrave Park to Crumlin Road then to a H-Block cell
C majorC G+G A minorAm
He went straight on the blanket then on hunger strike as well
C majorC G+G E MajorE
His will to win they could never break no matter what they tried
A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF A minorAm
He fought them every day he lived and he fought them as he died
A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm
As I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn
C majorC G+G A minorAm
The boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone
C majorC G+G E MajorE
How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose
A minorAm G+G FF G+G FF A minorAm
Oh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes