{"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":1769071,"song":"Macnamaras Band","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11385779-macnamaras-band-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1769071?type=chord","rating":4.93145,"votes":9,"content":"MacNamara's Band – Traditional Irish\r\n\r\nV1\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh my name is MacNamara, I'm the leader of a band,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlthough we're few in number, we're the finest in all the land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf course I’m the conductor, and I’ve often  had to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith all the fine musicians that you read about today.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe drums they bang, the cymbals clang, the horns they blaze away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMcCarthy puffs the ould bassoon, and I the pipes does play.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHennessey Tennessee toot the flute, the music is something grand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a credit to ould Ireland’s, boys is  MacNamara's Band.[/tab]\r\n\r\nV2\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhenever an election's on, we play on either side,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the way we play the fine ould airs, fills every  heart with pride.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf dear Tom Moore was living now, he'd make them understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat none can do him justice, like ould MacNamara's Band.[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus:\r\n\r\nV3\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe play for fairs or weddings and for every County Ball,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd at any great man's funeral we play \"The Dead March in Saul.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen General Grant to Ireland came, he shook me by the hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd said he never heard the like, of ould MacNamara's Band.[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus.\r\n   \r\nV4\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust now we are practicing for a very grand affair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's an annual celebration, all the gentry will be there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe girls and boys will all turn out, with flags and colours grand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in front of the procession, will be MacNamara's Band.       (Slowing)[/tab]","plain_text":"MacNamara's Band – Traditional Irish\n\nV1\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nV2\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat Chorus:\n\nV3\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat Chorus.\n   \nV4","chords":["C","G","A7","D","Em7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}