Admiral William Brown chords by The Wolfe Tones

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Main melody (not transposed)
         G                  C          G                 D       G
e|---------------------6--6-6-6----------------------------------------|
B|-------6-------6--------------8-6----6---------6-6-6-----------------|
G|-----7---7---7--------------------8----------7-------7-5-8-7-5-5-----|
D|--8--------8------------------------------8----------------------8---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|



🎸 Verse 1:
       G                       Cadd9          G
From a county Mayo town came a man of great renown
     G            Em               A     D
As a sailor and a soldier was none bolder
        G                               Cadd9
He went to America at an early age they say
     G            D                   G
As a cabin boy to sail the wide world over
        D                            Cadd9       G
Then adventure took him south to the De La Plata mouth
       G              Em            A    D
San Martin was on the route in Argentina
         G                           Cadd9               G
So three whaling ships he bought and Brazil and Spain he fought
    G               D               G
And freedom then he sought for Argentina

🎸 Verse 2:
    G                              Cadd9          G
Now Admiral William Brown you're a man of courage shown
       G                  Em              A         D
And in battles fought the odds were all against you
         G                             G                  Cadd9
But your Irish heart was strong and in memory still lives on
       G                 D                  G
And in Ireland there are some that don't forget you
       D                               Cadd9          G
On St. Patrick's day it's told you had many victories bold
      G            Em               A      D
You defeated all invaders thugs and bullys
     G                               Cadd9         G
Then through the Pampas rose and you found a happy home
     G        D           G
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

🎸 Verse 3:
       G                       Cadd9         G
He had heard of Irish hands in noble gallant bands
     G                  Em               A    D
That helped to free the land called Argentina
       G                  G                            Cadd9
He had heard with great acclaim the Patricios name and fame
        G        D                 G
When in 1806 the British came for slaughter
    D                       Cadd9          G
And to this very day in the Argentine they say
    G            Em              A     D
The English ran away from Buenos Aires
       G                             Cadd9             G
To the islands further down and they took them for The Crown
     G        D           G       E
"Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas"

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

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

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