The Fighting 69th chords by The Wolfe Tones

Chords with lyrics

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

{Intro]
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm


Verse 1:
   E minorEm       G+G   D MajorD
Come all you gallant heroes,
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
And along with me combined
   E minorEm       G+G     D MajorD
I'll sing a song, it won't take long,
   E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
Of the Fighting Sixty Ninth

Verse 2:
     G+G         D MajorD
They're a band of men brave, stout and bold,
   E minorEm C majorC     D MajorD
From Ireland they came
     E minorEm      G+G    D MajorD
And they have a leader to the fold,
   E minorEm   D MajorD    E minorEm
And Corcoran was his name


Verse 3:
    E minorEm       G+G  D MajorD
It was in the month of April,
     E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
When the boys they sailed away
     E minorEm       G+G   D MajorD
And they made a sight so glorious,
     E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
As they marched along Broadway


Verse 4:
    G+G         D MajorD
They marched right down Broadway, me boys,
 E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD
Until they reached the shore
     E minorEm         G+G   D MajorD
And from there they went to Washington,
   E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
And straight unto the war

Verse 5:
    G+G         D MajorD
So we gave them a hearty cheer, me boys,
    E minorEm   C majorC    D MajorD
It was greeted with a smile
     E minorEm      G+G     D MajorD
Singing here's to the boys who feared no noise,
      E minorEm    D MajorD  E minorEm
We're the Fighting Sixty Ninth


Verse 6:
   E minorEm       G+G    D MajorD
And when the war is said and done,
   E minorEm   C majorC     D MajorD
May heaven spare our lives
     E minorEm      G+G   D MajorD
For its only then we can return,
     E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
To our loved ones and our wives


Verse 7:
    G+G        D MajorD
We'll take them in our arms, me boys,
    E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
For a long night and a day
     E minorEm         G+G    D MajorD
And we'll hope that war will come no more,
  E minorEm   D MajorD E minorEm
To sweet America


Verse 8:
    G+G         D MajorD
So we gave them a hearty cheer, me boys,
      E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
Which was greeted with a smile
     E minorEm           G+G    D MajorD
Singing here's to the boys who feared no noise,
      E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
We're the Fighting Sixty Ninth


Instrumental:
E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD
E minorEm  C majorC  D MajorD
E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD
E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm


Verse 9:
   E minorEm        G+G    D MajorD
So farewell unto you dear New York,
  E minorEm      C majorC     D MajorD
Will I e'er see you once more
    E minorEm         G+G  D MajorD
For it fills my heart with sorrow,
   E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
To leave your sylvan shore


Verse 10:
     G+G         D MajorD
But the country now it is calling us,
  E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
And we must hasten fore
   E minorEm           G+G     D MajorD
So here's to the stars and stripes, me boys,
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
And to Ireland's lovely shore


Verse 11:
   E minorEm        G+G   D MajorD
And here's to Murphy and Devine,
  E minorEm   C majorC   D MajorD
Of honour and renown
   E minorEm      G+G  D MajorD
Who did escort our heroes,
 E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
Unto the battle ground


Verse 12:
   G+G        D MajorD
And said unto our colonel,
  E minorEm     C majorC    D MajorD
We must fight hand to hand
 E minorEm         G+G     D MajorD
Until we plant the stars and stripes,
   E minorEm   D MajorD   E minorEm
Way down in Dixieland


Verse 13:
    G+G        D MajorD
So we gave them hearty cheers, me boys,
    E minorEm   C majorC   D MajorD
It was greeted with a smile
     E minorEm           G+G     D MajorD
Singing here's to the boys who feared no noise,
      E minorEm    D MajorD  E minorEm
We're the Fighting Sixty Ninth


Verse 14:
    G+G        D MajorD
So we gave them hearty cheers, me boys,
      E minorEm   C majorC    D MajorD
Which was greeted with a smile
     E minorEm           G+G     D MajorD
Singing here's to the boys who feared no noise,
      E minorEm    D MajorD  E minorEm
We're the Fighting Sixty Ninth