The Sash My Father Wore chords

[VERSE 1]

[C]Sox sure l'm an Ulster Orangeman,

from Erin's isle I c[Am7]ame,x

To s[G]eex my British brethr[G7]enxx

all of ho[C]nourx and of [Am] xxxx fame, [C] xxx

And to t[C]ellx them of my forefathers

who fought in da[Am]ysxx of yor[G]e,x

That I might have the r[G7]ightx to wear

the sa[C]shx my fat[G]herx w[C]ore!x

[CHORUS]

[C]Surex it is old and it is beautiful
and it's colours they are fi[Am7]ne,xx

it was [G] wornx at Derry, Aughrim[G7]xxxx

[C]Enniskillenx an[Am]dxxx the Boyne [C] xxx .

Oh me father often wore it as a youth
in the bygone [Am] daysx of y[G]orex
and it’s on the twelth I loved to wea[G7]rxxx

the sa[C]shx my fat[G]herx wo[C]re.x


[VERSE 2]

[C]Forx those brave men who crossed the Boyne,

have not fought or died in va[Am7]in,xx

Our Un[G]ity,x Religion, La[G7]ws,x

[C]andx Freedom [Am] toxx mainta[C]in,x

If the call should c[Am]omex we'll fol[G]lowx the drum,


and cross that river once m[G7]orex


That t[C]omorrow'sx Ul[G]stermanx may wear [C] thex sash my father wore!


[CHORUS]

[C]Surex it is old and it is beautiful
and it's colours they are fi[Am7]ne,xx

it was w[G]ornx at Derry, Aughr[G7]imxx

Ennisk[C]illenx and the [Am] Boyne.x

Oh me [C] fatherx often wore it as a youth
in the bygone [Am] daysx of y[G]orex
and it’s on the twelfth I loved to we[G7]arxx

the sa[C]shx my f[G]atherx [C] wore.x


[VERSE 2]

[C]Andx when some day, across the sea,

to Antrim's shore you c[Am7]ome,x

We'll w[G]elcomex you in royal style [G7] xxxx   ,

[C]tox the sound of [Am] xxxx flute an[C]dxx drum

And [Am] Ulster'sx hills shall [G] echox still,


from Rathlin to Dromo[G7]rexx


As we s[C]ingx again the l[G]oyalx strain of the s[C]ashx my father wore!