{"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":1927767,"song":"Ill Go","artist":"Jerry Early","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431244-ill-go-chords-by-jerry-early/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1927767?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]N.C.                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot tonight, of any night, said the coxswain of the crew,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe chances of survival on a night like this are few.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDecember 1940, on the coast of Donegal,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\ncame a great north wind that could have been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe cruelest of them all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFourteen men were missing, eighteen more in great distress,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJack Boyle knew that their future in his hands had come to rest.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe knew a man who knew the sea if any man would know,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Will you show the way?\" without delay, O'Donnell said \"I'll go.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'll go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm a lifeboat man, I am my father's son,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm an island man, I am my father's son.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe neighbours watched them gather and they cast a worried eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand wondered how that lifeboat crew could possibly survive.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey all agreed that some at least the greatest price would pay,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the old men shed a tear and knelt down on the ground to pray.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile standing on the pier with his hand-picked squad of men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJack told each one that they might never see their homes again.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he told them it would be no shame if this time they said \"no\",[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\neach traced a cross upon his brow, stepped up and said \"I'll go\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'll go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm a lifeboat man, I am my father's son,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm an island man, I am my father's son.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAgainst the storm, against the gale, against the mighty waves,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthose men were rightly honoured as the bravest of the brave.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let every one salute them, and thank God for men like these,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho would risk their lives for strangers in peril on the seas.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO'Donnell, Ward, and Gallagher, remember these names well,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith the Boyles, the Byrnes, and Rodgers, they faced the seas from hell.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the waves above them crashing down and the heaving mass below,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGod bless them every one who made the vow to say \"I'll go\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'll go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm a lifeboat man, I am my father's son,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm an island man, I am my father's son.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow this volunteer lifeboat crew, Illion Arranmore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey'd faced the biggest storm that they had ever seen before.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they brought them eighteen sailors home and left them on the land,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nnow they're safe and well and home again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nby the grace of God's own hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow their spirits soar above the waves where they've earned eternal rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand surely if there's justice, they are seated with the best.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd like to think in that last hour, God whispered soft and low,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand welcomed home the eight brave men who made the vow to to.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'll go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm a island man, I am my father's son,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm from Arranmore, I am my father's son.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes I'll go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm a island man, I am my father's son,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will go and do the best I can, I'll do what must be done,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go 'cause I'm from Arranmore, I am my father's son.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}