{"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":899412,"song":"Tyrone Boys","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11608126-tyrone-boys-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/899412?type=chord","rating":4.39122,"votes":4,"content":"[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]                      \t\t [ch]F[/ch]           \r\nWhere John paints in Caribbean colours[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] \t\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nFlowers heaped in gesture on the courthouse steps in Kerry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we trampled on the outstretched hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoman posters on the wall outside the graveyard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"No Divorce\" is all they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw a little sister of Mercy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nInvoke the wrath of God on polling day.[/tab]\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet me take you to the Island, where Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t  [ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the Island, where we trampled on the outstretched hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe lady sends squaddies on the water\r\nGeordie don't be afraid to die\r\nIn blackened face he dreams of his darling bairns and hinny\r\nOn the watchtower overlooking aughnacloy\r\nIn Long Kesh the Tyrone Boys are dreaming\r\nOf making love upon the strand some day\r\nOn the news came a mid-Atlantic accent\r\nPlastic bullet has taken Julie Livingstone away\r\n\r\nThe King he came to see his people\r\nAnd he took a soldier by the hand\r\nEyes averted from the Gloucester Diamond\r\nTo comfort those who occupy the land\r\nHigh above the clouds a promised heaven\r\nOn the street a confused and homeless child\r\nWhile men in black declare a social order\r\nFrightened women sail to the other side\r\n\r\nAll the young ones are leaving the Island\r\nOut the door, down the steps, around the side,\r\nUnwanted they file through departure lounges \r\nLike deportees dispersing far and wide\r\nIn the distance there's cricket in Cloughjordan\r\nThe gentle clack of croquet on the lawn\r\nAs our children shackled by illegal status\r\nHold their heads down behind the Brooklyn wall \r\nCHORDS\r\n\r\n*The chorus may also be","plain_text":"The lady sends squaddies on the water\nGeordie don't be afraid to die\nIn blackened face he dreams of his darling bairns and hinny\nOn the watchtower overlooking aughnacloy\nIn Long Kesh the Tyrone Boys are dreaming\nOf making love upon the strand some day\nOn the news came a mid-Atlantic accent\nPlastic bullet has taken Julie Livingstone away\n\nThe King he came to see his people\nAnd he took a soldier by the hand\nEyes averted from the Gloucester Diamond\nTo comfort those who occupy the land\nHigh above the clouds a promised heaven\nOn the street a confused and homeless child\nWhile men in black declare a social order\nFrightened women sail to the other side\n\nAll the young ones are leaving the Island\nOut the door, down the steps, around the side,\nUnwanted they file through departure lounges \nLike deportees dispersing far and wide\nIn the distance there's cricket in Cloughjordan\nThe gentle clack of croquet on the lawn\nAs our children shackled by illegal status\nHold their heads down behind the Brooklyn wall \nCHORDS\n\n*The chorus may also be","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}