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The Boy From Tamlaghduff chords by Christy Moore

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA minorAm
As I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn
                    Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA minorAm
The boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone
                Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramE MajorE
How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose
         Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramA minorAm
Oh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes

   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA minorAm
For many years his exploits were a thorn in England’s side
                    Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA minorAm
The hills and glens became his home it was there he used to hide
               Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE MajorE
Once when they surrounded him he quietly slipped away
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramA minorAm
Like a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs at bay

Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramA minorAm
Moving round the countryside he often made the news
                     Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA minorAm
But they could never lay there hands on my brave francis hughes
                Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramE MajorE
Finally they wounded him then captured him at last
    Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramA minorAm
From the countryside he loved they took him to belfast

        Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA minorAm
From Musgrave Park to Crumlin Road then to a H-Block cell
                        Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA minorAm
He went straight on the blanket then on hunger strike as well
                Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE MajorE
His will to win they could never break no matter what they tried
   Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramA minorAm
He fought them every day he lived and he fought them as he died


   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA minorAm
As I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn
                    Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA minorAm
The boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone
                Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramE MajorE
How my heart is torn apart this young man to lose
         Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramA minorAm
Oh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes

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