{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":4991644,"song":"The Wests Awake","artist":"Lumière","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11171406-the-wests-awake-tab-by-lumiere/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/4991644?type=tab","rating":5,"votes":12,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen all beside a vigil keep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe West's asleep, the West's asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlas! and well may Erin weep[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen Connacht lies in slumber deep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere lake and plain smile fair and free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n'Mid rocks their guardian chivalry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSing, Oh! let man learn liberty[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom crashing wind and lashing sea.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat chainless wave and lovely land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFreedom nationhood demand;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe sure the great God never planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor slumb'ring slaves a home so grand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd long a brave and haughty race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHonoured and sentinelled the place.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSing, Oh! not even sons' disgrace[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCould quite destroy their glory's trace.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor often, in O'Connor's van,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo triumph dashed each Connacht clan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd fleet as deer the Normans ran[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough Corrsliabh Pass and Ardrahan;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd later times saw deeds as brave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd glory guards Clannricard's grave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSing, Oh! they died their land to save[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt Aughrim's slopes and Shannon's wave.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if, when all a vigil keep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe West's asleep! The West's asleep![/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlas! and well may Erin weep[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen Connacht lies in slumber deep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, hark! a voice like thunder spake,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe West's awake! the West's awake![/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSing, Oh! Hurrah! let England quake,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll watch till death for Erin's sake![/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","A","Em","A7","Bm"]}