{"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":2269201,"song":"St Patrick Battalion","artist":"David Rovics","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11477295-st-patrick-battalion-chords-by-david-rovics/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2269201?type=chord","rating":4.76061,"votes":22,"content":"[Intro] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]    - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nMy name is John Riley,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nI'll have your ear only a while.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]      - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI left my dear home in Ireland[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    - [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was death, starvation or exile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd when I got to America,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt was my duty to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEnter the army and slog across Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]     - [ch]Bsus2[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo join in the war against Mexico.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]        - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd it was there in the pueblos and hillsides,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]    - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nThat I saw the mistake I had made.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPart of a conquering army[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]    - [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the morals of a bayonet blade.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]         - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nSo in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nScreaming children, the burning stench of it all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMyself and two hundred Irishmen[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDecided to rise to the call...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nFrom Dublin City, to San Diego[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe witnessed freedom denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]  - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we fought on the Mexican side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]Bm[/ch]     - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nWe marched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nEmblazoned with \"Erin Go Bragh\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]       - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBright with the harp and the shamrock[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd \"Libertad para Mexicana\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                   - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nJust fifty years after Wolftone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFive thousand miles away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd they can talk as they may[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut--\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nFrom Dublin City, to San Diego[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe witnessed freedom denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]  - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we fought on the Mexican side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]   - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nWe fought them in Matamoros[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]   - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nWhile their volunteers were raping the nuns[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn Monterey and Cerro Gordo[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]  - [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe fought on as Ireland's sons[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]      - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nWe were the red-headed fighters for freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAmidst these brown-skinned women and men[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSide by side we fought against tyranny[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I dare say we'd do it again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nFrom Dublin City, to San Diego[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe witnessed freedom denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]  - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we fought on the Mexican side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Verse]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  - [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Chorus]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch] - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]            - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nWe fought them in five major battles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nChurobusco was the last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOverwhelmed by the cannons from Boston[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]   - [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe fell after each mortar blast[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nMost of us died on that hillside[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn the service of the Mexican state[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo far from our occupied homeland[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe were heroes and victims of fate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     - [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nFrom Dublin City, to San Diego[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe witnessed freedom denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]  - [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we fought on the Mexican side[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe formed the Saint Patrick Battalion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd we fought on the Mexican side [/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro] D Dsus2 D  D Dsus2 D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut--\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Verse]\nD   Bm   - Bsus2\nG   D    - Dsus2\nG   D    - F#m\nBm  F#m  Bm  - A G\nG   D    - Dsus2\nG   Bm\nD   G\nA   Bm\n\n\n[Instrumental Chorus]\nG  D  - Dsus2\nA  Bm\nG  D\nA  Bm - Bsus2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","Dsus2","Bm","Bsus2","G","F#m","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}