{"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":942426,"song":"John Riley","artist":"Tim O'Brien","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11615034-john-riley-chords-by-tim-o-brien/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/942426?type=chord","rating":4.68925,"votes":11,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJohn Riley came from Galway Town in the years of the Irish hunger[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he sailed away to Amerikay when the country was much younger . . .[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the place was strange and work was scarce, and all he knew was farming [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo he followed his other Irish friends to a job in the U.S. Army[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Adventure calls and some men run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And this is their sad story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Some get drunk on demon rum And some get drunk on glory [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow they marched down Texas way to the banks of the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd they built a fort on the banks above to taunt old Santa Annay [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey were treated bad and paid worse, and then the fighting started[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the more they fought the less they thought of the damn old U.S. Army[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Adventure calls and some men run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And this is their sad story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Some get drunk on demon rum And some get drunk on glory [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow when the church bells ring on a Sunday morn it set his soul to shiver[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe saw the senoritas washing their hair on the far side of the river [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen John Riley and 200 more Irish mercenaries [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey cast their lot, right or not, south of the Rio Granday[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Adventure calls and some men run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And this is their sad story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Some get drunk on demon rum And some get drunk on glory [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow they fought bravely under the flag of the an Patricios [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTill the Yankee soldiers beat them down at the battle of Churubusco [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen 15 men were whipped like mules, on their cheeks had a hot iron branded[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey had to dig the graves of 50 more who were hanging fate-in-handed[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Adventure calls and some men run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And this is their sad story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Some get drunk on demon rum And some get drunk on glory [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow John Riley stands and drinks alone at a bar in Vera Cruz,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he wonders if it matters much if you win or if-a you lose [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'm a man who can't go home, I'm a vagabond,\" says he,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"I'm a victim of some wanderlust and divided loyalty.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Adventure calls and some men run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And this is their sad story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Some get drunk on demon rum And some get drunk on glory [/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Adventure calls and some men run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And this is their sad story[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Some get drunk on demon rum And some get drunk on glory [/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n 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