St Patrick Battalion David Rovics

Lyrics and guitar chords

Guitar chords Intermediate

Difficulty: Intermediate
Capo: Third
Tuning: E A D G B E

C Csus2 C C Csus2 C

My Cname is John AmRiley,Asus2
I'll Fhave your ear only a Cwhile.Csus2
I Fleft my dear home in CIreland Em
It was Amdeath, starEmvation orAm exile.G  F
And Fwhen I got to ACmerica,Csus2
It Fwas my duty to Amgo,
CEnter the army and Fslog across Texas
To Gjoin in the war against AmMexico.Asus2      Am   G

And it was Cthere in the pueblos and Amhillsides,Asus2
That I Fsaw the mistake I had Cmade. Csus2
FPart of a conquering Carmy Em
With the Ammorals of a EmbayonetAm bladeG. F
So in the Fmidst of these poor, dying CCatholics,Csus2
Screaming Fchildren, the burning stench of it Amall,
MyCself and two hundred FIrishmen
DeGcided to rise to the Amcall...

Ref. From Dublin FCity, to SanC Diego  Csus2
GWe witnessed freedom deAmnied
So we Fformed the Saint Patrick BaCttalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside  Asus2
So we fFormed the Saint Patrick BatCtalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside

We Cmarched 'neath the green flag of Saint AmPatrick  Asus2
EmFblazoned with "Erin Go CBragh"  Csus2
FBright with the harp and the Cshamrock  Em
And "LiberAmtad para EmMexicAmana" G  F
FJust fifty Cyears after Wolftone  Csus2
FFive thousand miles aAmway
The Yanks Ccalled us a Legion of FStrangers
And Gthey can talk as they Ammay

But--

Ref. From Dublin FCity, to SanC Diego  Csus2
GWe witnessed freedom deAmnied
So we Fformed the Saint Patrick BaCttalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside  Asus2
So we fFormed the Saint Patrick BatCtalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside

We Cfought them in MataAmmoros[-]  Asus2
While their Fvolunteers were raping the Cnuns[-]  Csus2
In FMonterey and Cerro CGordo[-]  Em
We Amfought on as EmIreland'sAm son[-]s G  F
We were the Fred-headed fighters for Cfreedom[-]  Csus2
Amidst these Fbrown-skinned women and Ammen
Side by Cside we fought against Ftyranny
And I Gdare say we'd do it aAmgain

Ref. From Dublin FCity, to SanC Diego  Csus2
GWe witnessed freedom deAmnied
So we Fformed the Saint Patrick BaCttalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside  Asus2
So we fFormed the Saint Patrick BatCtalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside

C Am Asus2
F C Csus2
F C Em
Am Em Am G F
F C Csus2
F Am
C F
G Am

F C Csus2
G Am
F C
G Am Asus2

We Cfought them in fiveAm major battles  Asus2
ChuroFbusco was the Clast Csus2
OverFwhelmed by the cannons from CBoston  Em
We Amfell after Emeach mortarAm blast G  F
Most of us Fdied on that ChillsideCsus2
In the Fservice of the Mexican Amstate
So Cfar from our occupied Fhomeland
We were Gheroes and victims of Amfate

Ref. From Dublin FCity, to SanC Diego  Csus2
GWe witnessed freedom deAmnied
So we Fformed the Saint Patrick BaCttalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside  Asus2

So we Fformed the Saint Patrick BaCttalion
And we Gfought on the Mexican Amside

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