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