The House of Orange 3/4 Stan Rogers Standard Tuning / Finger Picking - 1 2+ 3+` Submitted by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / FI (133211@1)/ took back my / hand and I / showed him the / door, / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / No / dollar of / mine would I / part with this / day, / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / For / fueling the / engine of a / bloody cruel / war , / / F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / In my / forefathers' / home far a - / way. / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / Who / fled the first / Famine wearing / all that they / owned, / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / CWere (x32010@1)/ called Navi - / gators, all / ragged and / torn, / and F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / Built the Grand / Trunk here and / found a new / home, / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / / / Wher - / ever their / children were / born. / / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / Their / sons have no / politics, / none can re - / call, / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / All - / egiance from / long gener - / ations be - / fore, / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / Oh, / this war or / that name can't / matter at / all, / / F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / Or / be cause e - / nough for to / war, / and. F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / Meanwhile my / babies are / safe in their / homes, / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / Un / like their Pale / cousins who / cower and / C (x32010@1) / cry, / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / While / knee-cappers / nail their poor / Dads to the / floor, / / and F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / / / Teach them to / hate and to / die. / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / It's those cruel / beggars who / spurn the fair / coin, / / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / The / Peace for their / kids they could / take at their / will, / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / Since the / day old King / Billy pre - / vailed at the / Boyne, / / / F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / / They've / bombed and they've / maimed and they've / killed. / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / Now they / cry out for / money and / wail at the / door, / / but F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / Home Rule or Re - / public, 'tis / all of it / shame, / and / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / A / curse for us / here who want / nothing of / war, / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / / / We're / kindred in / nothing but / name. / / / Break: Instrumental - Last 4 lines of verse / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / All / rights and all / wrongs have long / since blown a - / way, / / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / For / causes are / ashes where / children lie / slain, / / F (133211@1) / CG / Bb (x1333x@1) / F/ (133211@1)Yet the / damned UD - / L and the / cruel IR - / A / / F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / / Will to - / morrow go / murdering a - / gain. / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / But no / penny of / mine will I / add to the / fray./ / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / / "Re - / member the / Boyne" they will / cry out in / vain, / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / F (133211@1) / / For I've / given my / heart to the / place I was / born, / / and / F (133211@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) / C (x32010@1) / / For - / given the / whole House of / Orange, / / / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / FKing (133211@1)/ Billy and the / whole House of / Orange. / F/ (133211@1)/ / / / /
