Admiral William Brown chords by The Wolfe Tones

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

Main melody (not transposed)
     G+G         C majorC     G+G         D MajorD    G+G
e|---------------------6--6-6-6----------------------------------------|
BB|-------6-------6--------------8-6----6---------6-6-6-----------------|
G+G|-----7---7---7--------------------8----------7-------7-5-8-7-5-5-----|
D MajorD|--8--------8------------------------------8----------------------8---|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


🎸 Verse 1:
    G+G            Cadd9Cadd9     G+G
From a county Mayo town came a man of great renown
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As a sailor and a soldier was none bolder
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He went to America at an early age they say
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As a cabin boy to sail the wide world over
    D MajorD              Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
Then adventure took him south to the De La Plata mouth
    G+G       E minorEm      A augmentedA  D MajorD
San Martin was on the route in Argentina
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So three whaling ships he bought and Brazil and Spain he fought
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And freedom then he sought for Argentina

🎸 Verse 2:
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Now Admiral William Brown you're a man of courage shown
    G+G         E minorEm       A augmentedA     D MajorD
And in battles fought the odds were all against you
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But your Irish heart was strong and in memory still lives on
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And in Ireland there are some that don't forget you
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On St. Patrick's day it's told you had many victories bold
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You defeated all invaders thugs and bullys
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Then through the Pampas rose and you found a happy home
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"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

🎸 Verse 3:
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He had heard of Irish hands in noble gallant bands
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That helped to free the land called Argentina
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He had heard with great acclaim the Patricios name and fame
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When in 1806 the British came for slaughter
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And to this very day in the Argentine they say
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The English ran away from Buenos Aires
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To the islands further down and they took them for The Crown
   G+G    D MajorD      G+G    E MajorE
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

🎸 Verse 3:
   A augmentedA              D MajorD        A augmentedA
We remember William Brown and his land of great renown
   A augmentedA      F# minorF#m        BB    E MajorE
He, invader of the islands from your country
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When in 1833 were by pirates forced to flee
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And in Ireland sure we know the story fully
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And the people that went too to the Argentine when new
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To escape the English laws and wars and famine
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They had proved a loyal crew just like all the Irish do
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"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

🎸 Verse 4:
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The old colonial days and cruel English ways
     A augmentedA        F# minorF#m        BB    E MajorE
With her thunder plunder we will teach the natives
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For the Brits are going to war just like Whitelocke did before
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With her ships and guns and drums and flags and banners
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In the Empire days of old when they murdered for gold
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And paraded it around the streets of London
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Oh, no human rights were given to the natives dead or living
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"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

🎸 Verse 5:
    A augmentedA             D MajorD      A augmentedA
In the Argentine he died, Father Fahey by his side
 A augmentedA     F# minorF#m       BB      E MajorE
'57 was the year his country mourned him
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A augmentedA hero of the nation, he's remembered with elation
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Throughout the world where freedom still abounds
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And the Southern Cross take note where bold Willie Bullfin wrote
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The Irish still support you Argentina
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With the Empire tumbling down let no Paddies back The Crown
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"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"
     A augmentedA              D MajorD        A augmentedA
With the Empire tumbling down let no Paddies back The Crown
   A augmentedA   E MajorE       A augmentedA   A augmentedA
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"