{"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":2290601,"song":"Auld Orange Flute","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11480033-auld-orange-flute-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2290601?type=chord","rating":4.73939,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the County Tyrone, near the town of Dungannon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere many the ructions meself had a hand in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBob Williamson lived, a weaver by trade,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all of us thought him a stout Orange blade,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the Twelfth of July as it yearly did come,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBob played with his flute to the sound of a drum.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou may talk of your harp, your piano or lute,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut none can compare with the Old Orange Flute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBob, the deceiver, he took us all in;[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe married a Papist named Bridget McGinn.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTurned Papist himself and forsook the old cause[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat gave us our freedom, religion and laws.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, boys of the townland made some noise upon it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd Bob had to fly to the province of Connaught.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe fled with his wife and his fixings to boot,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd along with the latter his Old Orange Flute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the chapel on Sunday to atone for past deeds,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd say Pater and Aves and counted his brown beads.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Til after some time, at the priest's own desire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe went with that old flute to play in the choir.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe went with that old flute for to play for the Mass,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut the instrument shivered and sighed, oh, alas,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd try though he would, though it made a great noise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe flute would play only \"The Protestant Boys.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBob jumped and he stared and got in a flutter[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd threw the old flute in the blessed holy water.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe thought that this charm would bring some other Sound;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he tried it again, it played \"Croppies Lie Down.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, for all he could whistle and finger and blow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo play Papish music he found it no go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Kick the Pope\" and \"The Boyne Water\" it freely would Sound,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut one Papish squeak in it couldn't be found.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the council of priests that was held the next day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey decided to banish the old flute away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey couldn't knock heresy out of it's head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they bought Bob a new one to play in it's stead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, the old flute was doomed, and its fate was pathetic[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n'Twas fastened and burned at the stake as a heretic.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the flames soared around it, they heard a strange Noise;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Twas the old flute still whistling \"The Protestant Boys.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Toora lu, toora lay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, it's six miles from Bangor to Donnahadee.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nC F C G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Em","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}