Young Ned Of The Hill chords by The Pogues

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am Em Am Em Am
Em Am Em Am


Verse 1:
             Em
Have you ever walked the lonesome hills
  Am        Em
And heard the curlews cry
  Am
Or seen the raven black as night
Am
Upon a windswept sky
Am
To walk the purple heather
         Em
And hear the westwind cry
Am            Em    Am
To know that's where the rapparee must die

Verse 2:
Am            Em
Since Cromwell pushed us westward
  Am       Em
To live our lowly lives
        Am        Em
There's some of us have deemed to fight
     Am
From Tipperary mountains high
            Em
Noble men with wills of iron
      C     G
Who are not afraid to die
    Am        Em     Am
Who'll fight with gaelic honour held on high

Verse 3:
Am           Em
A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell
    Am       Em
You who raped our Motherland
 Am         Em
I hope you're rotting down in hell
    Am
For the horrors that you sent
          Em
To our misfortunate forefathers
     C          G
Whom you robbed of their birthright
           Am    Em       Am
"To hell or Connaught" may you burn in hell tonight

Verse 4:
N.C.           Em
Of such a man I'd like to speak
 Am          Em
A rapparee by name and deed
      Am        Em
His family dispossessed and slaughtered
      Am
They put a price upon his head
               Em
His name is know in song and story
  C         G
His deeds are 🏷Legends still
Em Am         Em
And murdered for blood money
  Am
Was young Ned of the hill

Verse 5:
               Em
You have robbed our homes and fortunes
   Am        Em
Even drove us from our land
  Am         Em
You tried to break our spirit
      Am
But you'll never understand
           Em
The love of dear old Ireland
     C       G
That will forge and iron will
  Am        Em
As long as there are gallant men
   Am
Like young Ned of the hill

Verse 6:
Am           Em
A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell
    Am       Em
You who raped our Motherland
 Am         Em
I hope you're rotting down in hell
    Am
For the horrors that you sent
          Em
To our misfortunate forefathers
     C          G
Whom you robbed of their birthright
           Am    Em       Am
"To hell or Connaught" may you burn in hell tonight

Outro:
Am Em Am Em Am Em Am  C G
Am Em Am