Ballad Of James Larkin - Christy Moore Chords
Chords: D, G, A, Em, Asked, For, And, But, Crying, Came
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Genre: folk, political, protest
[Verse]
D G
In Dublin City in Nineteen Thirteen
A D
The boss was rich And The Poor Were Slaves
D G
The Women Working And The Children Hungry
A D
Then On Came Larkin Like A Mighty Wave
A Em
The Workman Cringed As The Bossman Thundered
D A
Seventy Hours Was His Weekly Chore
D G
He Asked For Little And Less Was Granted
A D
Lest Getting Little He'd Ask For More
[Verse]
D G
But On Came Larkin In Nineteen Thirteen
A D
A Mighty Man With A Mighty Tongue
D G
The Voice Of Labour The Voice Of Justice
A D
And He Was Gifted And He Was Young
A Em
God Sent Larkin In Nineteen Thirteen
D A
A Labour Man With A Union Tongue
D G
He Raised The Worker And Gave Him Courage
A D
He Was Their Hero A Workers Son
[Verse]
D G
In The Month Of August The Bossman Told Us
A D
No Union Man For Him Could Work
D G
We Stood By Larkin And Told The Bossman
A D
We'd Fight Or Die But We Would Not Shirk
A Em
Eight Months We Fought And Eight Months We Starved
D A
We Stood By Larkin Through Thick And Thin
D G
But Foodless Homes And The Crying Children
A D
They Broke Our Hearts And We Could Not Win
[Verse]
D G
Then Larkin Left Us We Seemed Defeated
A D
The Night Was Black For The Working Man
D G
But On Came Connelly With New Hope And Council
A D
His Motto Was That We'd Rise Again
A Em
In Nineteen Sixteen In Dublin City
D A
The English Soldiers They Burned Our Town
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