{"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":613546,"song":"Broad Black Brimmer","artist":"The Wolfe Tones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11573463-broad-black-brimmer-chords-by-the-wolfe-tones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/613546?type=chord","rating":4.78505,"votes":67,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a uniform still hanging in what's known as father's room,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA uniform so simple in it's style,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's got no braid of gold nor silk no hat with feathered plume,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYet me mother has preserved it all the while.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne day she made me try it on, a wish of mines for years,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nin memory of your father dear she said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as I placed the Sam Browne on she was smiling through her tears,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs she placed the Broad Black Brimmer on me head[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's just a Broad Black Brimmer, it's ribbon's frayed and torn ,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                          \r\nBy the careless whisp of many's a mountain breeze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn old trench coat thats all battle stained and worn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd breeches almost threadbare at the knees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA Sam Browne belt with a buckle big and strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a holster thats been empty manys a day (But not for long)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when men claim Ireland's freedom, the one you'll choose to lead 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill wear the Broad Black Brimmer of the I.R.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the uniform being worn by me father long ago,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he reached me mother's homestead on the run,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the uniform being worn in that little churh below,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen ol' Father Mac he blessed the pair as one.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after truce and treaty and the parting of the waves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe wore it when he marched out with the rest.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as they bore his body down that rugged braes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey placed the Broad Black Brimmer on his breast.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's just a Broad Black Brimmer, it's ribbon's frayed and torn ,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                          \r\nBy the careless whisp of many's a mountain breeze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn old trench coat thats all battle stained and worn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd breeches almost threadbare at the knees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA Sam Browne belt with a buckle big and strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a holster thats been empty manys a day (But not for long)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when men claim Ireland's freedom, the one you'll choose to lead 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill wear the Broad Black Brimmer of the I.R.A.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","A","Am"],"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]},"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]}}}