Christy Moore – Viva La Quinta Brigada chords
Chords:
F - G - Am - F - G - C - F - G - AmC 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 sailingG 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 crewG 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.+ F - G - C - F - G - Am 4x