{"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":1996521,"song":"James Larkin","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11446484-james-larkin-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1996521?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":7,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|----------0-3-3-1--1-0-----------|\r\nB|--------1--------------3-1-0-3-1-|\r\nG|--0-0-0--------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn Dublin City in nineteen thirteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe boss was rich and the poor were slaves[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe women working and children starving[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen on came Larkin like a mighty wave[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe workers cringed when the boss man thundered[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    \r\nSeventy hours was his weekly chore[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe asked for little and less was granted[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLest given little then he'd ask for more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the month of August the boss man told us[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo union man for him could work[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe stood by Larkin and told the boss man[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd fight or die, but we wouldn't shirk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEight months we fought and eight months we starved[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe stood by Larkin through thick and thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut foodless homes and the crying of children[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt broke our hearts, we just couldn't win[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen Larkin left us, we seemed defeated[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe night was black for the working man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut on came Connolly with new hope and counsel[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis motto was that we'd rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn nineteen sixteen in Dublin City[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nThe English soldiers they burnt our town[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe shelled our buildings and shot our leaders[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Harp was buried 'neath the bloody crown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey shot McDermott and Pearse and Plunkett[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey shot McDonagh and Clarke the brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom bleak Kilmainham they took Ceannt's body[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo Arbour Hill and a quicklime grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut last of all of the seven heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI sing the praise of James Connolly[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe voice of justice, the voice of freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe gave his life, that man might be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Outro]\r\n   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|----------0-3-3-1--1-0---------0-|\r\nB|--------1--------------3-1-0-3-1-|\r\nG|--0-0-0------------------------0-|\r\nD|-------------------------------2-|\r\nA|-------------------------------3-|\r\nE|---------------------------------|[/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]","chords":["C","F","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}