• Song:

    The House Of Orange

  • Artist:

    Stan Rogers

  • Album:

    From Fresh Water (Remas...

house_of_orange.crdThe 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)           / F (133211@1)   /
I / 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)          / FWho (133211@1)/ fled the first / Famine wearing / all that they /
       /
owned, /
     / F (133211@1)           / C (x32010@1)         / Bb (x1333x@1)       / C (x32010@1)   /
Were / 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  
- / 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)/ / / / /

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