Christy Moore – Viva La Quinta Brigada chords

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     F - G - Am      - F - G - C      - F - G - Am
 
C G C1. Ten years before I saw the light of morning,
C F a comradeship of heroes was laid,
F G from every corner of the world came sailing
G G7 C the Fifth International Brigade.
G C2. 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,
G G7 C Frank Ryan's men came from the other side.
G C3. 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,
G G7 C brotherhood against the fascist clan.
FViva la Quinta Brigada,
F G C"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
C Em Am"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
F G Clet us all remember them tonight.
C G C4. 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,
G G7 C side by side they fought and died in Spain.
G C5. Tommy Woods aged seventeen died in Cordoba,
C F with Na Fianna he learned to hold his gun,
F G from Dublin to the Villa del Rio,
G G7 C where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun.
FViva la Quinta Brigada,
F G C"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
C Em Am"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
F G Clet us all remember them tonight.
C G C6. Many Irishmen heard the call of Franco,
C F joined Hitler and Mussolini, too.
F G Propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers,
G G7 C helped O'Duffy to enlist his crew
G C7. The word came from Maynooth, "Dupport the Nazis!"
C F The men of cloth failed again.
F G When the Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Dun Laoghaire,
G G7 C as they sailed beneath the swastika to Spain.
FViva la Quinta Brigada,
F G C"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
C Em Am"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
F G Clet us all remember them tonight.
C G C8. This song is a tribute to Frank Ryan,
C F Kit Conway and Dinny Coady, too,
F G Peter Daly, Charlie Regan and Hugh Bonar,
G G7 C though many died, I can but name a few.
G C9. Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly,
C F Liam Tumilson and Jim Straney from the Falls,
F G Jack Nalty, Tommy Patton and Frank Conroy,
G G7 C Jim Foley, Tony Fox and Dick O'Neill.
FViva la Quinta Brigada,
F G C"No Pasaran", the pledge that made them fight.
C Em Am"Adelante" is the cry around the hillside,
F G Clet us all remember them tonight.
F G C F G Am Viva la Quinta Brigada, viva la Quinta Brigada.
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