Viva la Quinta Brigada - Christy Moore Chords
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C G C
1. Ten years before I saw the light of morning,
C F
a comradeship of heroes was laid,
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from every corner of the world came sailing
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the Fifth International Brigade.
G C
2. They came to stand beside the Spanish people,
C F
to try and stem the rising fascist tide,
F G
Franco's allies were the powerful and wealthy,
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Frank Ryan's men came from the other side.
G C
3. Even the olives were bleeding,
C F
as the battle for Madrid it thundered on,
F G
truth and love against the force of evil,
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brotherhood against the fascist clan.
F
Viva la Quinta Brigada,
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"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
C Em Am
"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
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let us all remember them tonight.
C G C
4. Bob Hilliard was a Church of Ireland pastor,
C F
form Killarney across the Pyrenees he came,
F G
from Derry came a brave young Christian Brother,
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side by side they fought and died in Spain.
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