{"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":2892146,"song":"Banna Strand","artist":"The Wolfe Tones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11651006-banna-strand-chords-by-the-wolfe-tones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2892146?type=chord","rating":4.58229,"votes":11,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Twas on Good Friday morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll in the month of May[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA German ship was signalling[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBeyond out in the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe've twenty thousand rifles[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll ready for to land[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut no answering signal did come from[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe lonely Banna Strand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo signal answers from the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSir Roger sadly said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo comrades here to meet me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAlas, they must be dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I must do my duty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd at once I mean to land[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo in a small boat pulled ashore[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the lonely Banna Strand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, the RIC were hunting for[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSir Roger high and low[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey found him at McKenna's Fort[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid they, \"You are our foe\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid he, \"I'm Roger Casement[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI came to my native land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI mean to free my countrymen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the lonely Banna Strand\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey took Sir Roger prisoner[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd sailed for London Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the Tower they laid him[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA traitor to the Crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid he, \"I am no traitor\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut his trial he had to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor bringing German rifles to[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe lonely Banna Strand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Twas in an English prison that[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey led him to his death[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I'm dying for my country\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nHe said with his last breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey buried him in British soil[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFar from his native land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wild waves sing his requiem[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the lonely Banna Strand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch] (key change)\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey took Sir Roger home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the year of Sixty-Five[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd with his comrades of Sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIn peace and tranquil lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis last fond wish, it is fulfilled[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFor to lie in his native land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the waves will roll in peace again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the lonely Banna Strand[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD         G   D   B (key change)\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["D","G","A","C","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}