{"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":7300,"song":"A Nation Once Again","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11538298-a-nation-once-again-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/7300?type=chord","rating":4.84807,"votes":18,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nWhen boyhood's fire was in my blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI read of ancient freemen[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor Greece and Rome who bravely stood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]    \r\nThree hundred men and three men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nAnd then I prayed I might yet see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOur fetters rent in twain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Ireland long a province be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Ireland long a province be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from that time through wildest woe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat hope has shone a far light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNor could love's brightest summer glow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]    \r\nOutshine that solemn starlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt seemed to watch above my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn forum, field and fane[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIts angel voice sang round my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Ireland long a province be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt whisperd too that freedom's ark[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd service high and holy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould be profaned by feelings dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    \r\nAnd passions vain or lowly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor, freedom comes from God's right hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd needs a godly train[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd righteous men must make our land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nA nation once agian[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Ireland long a province be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, as I grew from boy to man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI bent me to that bidding[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy spirit of each selfish plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]    \r\nAnd cruel passion ridding[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor, thus I hoped some day to aid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOh, can such hope be vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen my dear country shall be made[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nA nation once again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Ireland long a province be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA nation once again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D7","Em","Am","D","A7","B7","Cm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}