Dunlavin Green chords

Capo 1

[INTRO]
[Dm]

[VERSE 1]
In the year of one thousand seven [C]hundred and [Dm]ninety-eight
A sorrowful tale, the truth unto [C]you I'll re[Dm]late
[G]Thirty-six heroes, to the [A7]world they were [Dm]left to be [Am]seen [Am7]
By a [Dm]false infor[Bb]mation, were [Am]shot on Dun[Dm]lavin Green

[VERSE 2]
Bad luck to you, Saunders, for [C]you did their [Dm]lives betray
You said a parade would be held on that [C]very same [Dm]day
[G]Our drums, they did rattle, our [A7]fifes, they did [Dm]sweetly [Am]play [Am7]
Sur[Dm]rounded we [Bb]were and [Am]privately [Dm]marched away

[VERSE 3]
Quite easy they led us like [C]prisoners [Dm]through the town
To be shot on the plain, we first were forced [C]to kneel [Dm]down
Such [G]grief and such sorrow were [A7]never be[Dm]fore there [Am]seen [Am7]
When the [Dm]blood ran in the [Bb]streams down the [Am]dykes of Dun[Dm]lavin Green

[VERSE 4]
There is young Matty Farrell, who has [C]plenty of [Dm]cause to complain
Likewise the two Duffys, who were [C]shot down u[Dm]pon the plain
[G]Young Andy Ryan, his [A7]mother dis[Dm]tracted, will [Am]run [Am7]
For the [Dm]loss of her [Bb]darling, her [Am]only be[G]loved son

[VERSE 5]
Some of our boys to the hills, they are [C]going a[Dm]way
Some of them shot and more of them [C]going to [Dm]stay
[G]Michael Dwyer in the [A7]mountains to [Dm]Saunders, he owes a [Am]spleen [Am7]
For [Dm]loss of his [Bb]brothers who were [Am]shot on Dun[Dm]lavin Green

[VERSE 6]
Bad luck to you, Saunders, bad [C]luck may you [Dm]never shun
May the widow's curse melt you like [C]snow in the [Dm]noonday sun
[G]Cries of the orphans, their [A7]murmurs you [Dm]cannot [Am]screen [Am7]
For the [Dm]loss of their [Bb]fathers who were [Am]shot on Dun[G]lavin Green

[VERSE 7]
In the [Dm]year of one thousand seven [C]hundred and [Dm]ninety-eight
A sorrowful tale, the truth unto [C]you I'll re[Dm]late
[G]Thirty-six heroes, to the [A7]world they were [Dm]left to be [Am]seen [Am7]
By a [Dm]false infor[Bb]mation, were [Am]shot on Dun[Dm]lavin Green