{"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":2373007,"song":"The Boy From Tamlaghduff","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11490552-the-boy-from-tamlaghduff-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2373007?type=chord","rating":4.34097,"votes":4,"content":"[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHow my heart is torn apart this young man to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor many years his exploits were a thorn in England’s side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe hills and glens became his home it was there he used to hide[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnce when they surrounded him he quietly slipped away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike a fox he went to ground and kept the dogs at bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMoving round the countryside he often made the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut they could never lay there hands on my brave francis hughes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFinally they wounded him then captured him at last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the countryside he loved they took him to belfast[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Musgrave Park to Crumlin Road then to a H-Block cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe went straight on the blanket then on hunger strike as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis will to win they could never break no matter what they tried[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe fought them every day he lived and he fought them as he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs I walked over the Glenshane Pass I heard a young girl mourn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe boy from Tamlaghduff she cried is two years dead and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHow my heart is torn apart this young man to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh We’ll never see the likes again of my young Francis Hughes[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["Am","G","F","C","E"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}