The House of Orange Stan Rogers
house_of_orange.crdThe House of Orange 3/4 Stan Rogers
Standard Tuning / Finger Picking - 1 2+ 3+` Submitted by Ken Lee
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I [/]/ [F]took back my [/]/ [C]hand and I [/]/ [Bb]showed him the [/]/ [F]door, [/]/
No [/]/ [F]dollar of [/]/ [CG]mine would I [/]/ [Bb]part with this [/]/ [C]day, [/]/
For [/]/ [F]fueling the [/]/ [CG]engine of a [/]/ [Bb]bloody cruel [/]/ [F]war , [/]/
In my [/]/ [F]forefathers' [/]/ [Bb]home far a - [/]/ [C]way. [/]/
Who [/]/ [F]fled the first [/]/ [C]Famine wearing [/]/ [Bb]all that they [/]/[F]
owned, [/]/
Were [/]/ [F]called Navi - [/]/ [C]gators, all [/]/ [Bb]ragged and [/]/ [C]torn, [/]/ and
[F]Built the Grand [/]/ [C]Trunk here and [/]/ [Bb]found a new [/]/ [F]home, [/]/
Wher - [/]/ [F]ever their [/]/ [C]children were [/]/ [F]born. [/]/ [/]/ [/]/
/ F / C / Bb / F / Their / sons have no / politics, / none can
- / call, /
All - [/]/ [F]egiance from [/]/ [CG]long gener - / at[/]io[Bb]ns be - / fore, /[/] [C] [/]
Oh, / t[/]hi[F]s war or / that n[/]am[CG]e can't / matter at / a[/]ll[Bb], /[/] [F] [/]
Or / [/]be[F] cause e - / nough fo[/]r [Bb]to / war, / and.[/] [C] [/]
[F]Meanwhile my / babies ar[/]e [C]/ safe in their / [/]ho[Bb]mes, /[/] [F] [/]
Un / l[/]ik[F]e their Pale / cousins [/]wh[C]o / cower and /[/] [Bb] [/]
[C]cry, [/]/
While / kne[/]e-[F]cappers / nail their po[/]or[C] / Dads to the / floor,[/] /[Bb] / and[/] [F] [/] [/]
[F]Teach them to / hate and[/] t[C]o / die. / / /[/] [F] [/] [/] [/]
[F]It's those cruel / begga[/]rs[C] who / spurn the fair[/] /[Bb] coin, / /[/] [F] [/] [/]
The / P[/]ea[F]ce for their / kids they c[/]ou[CG]ld / take at their / w[/]il[Bb]l, /[/] [C] [/]
Since the / day o[/]ld[F] King / Billy pre - /[/] v[CG]ailed at the [/]/ [Bb]Boyne, / /[/] [F] [/] [/]
They've / bomb[/]ed[F] and they've / maimed and they've [/]/ [Bb]killed. / /[/] [C] [/] [/]
Now they / cry ou[/]t [F]for / money and [/]/ [C]wail at the / door[/], [Bb]/ / but[/] [F] [/] [/]
[F]Home Rule or Re - / public, 'ti[/]s [C]/ all of it / sh[/]am[Bb]e, / and[/] [C] [/]
A / [/]cu[F]rse for us / here w[/]ho[C] want / nothing of / war[/], [Bb]/ /[/] [F] [/] [/]
We're / kin[/]dr[F]ed in / nothing b[/]ut[C] / name. / / /[/] [F] [/] [/] [/]
Break: Instrumental - Last 4 lines of verse
All /[/] r[F]ights and all / wrong[/]s [C]have long / since blown a - /[/] w[Bb]ay, / /[/] [F] [/] [/]
For / c[/]au[F]ses are / ashes whe[/]re[CG] / children lie / s[/]la[Bb]in, /[/] [C] [/]
Yet the / dam[/]ne[F]d UD - / L and the / c[/]ru[CG]el IR - / A /[/] [Bb] [/] [F] [/]
Will to - / mo[/]rr[F]ow go / murdering [/]a [Bb]- / gain. / /[/] [C] [/] [/]
But no / pen[/]ny[F] of / mine wil[/]l [C]I / add to the [/]/ [Bb]fray./ /[/] [F] [/] [/]
"Re - / m[/]em[F]ber the / Boyne" they[/] w[C]ill / cry out in / vain, /[/] /[Bb] [/] [C] [/] [/]
For I've / gi[/]ve[F]n my / heart to[/] t[C]he / place I was / [/]bo[Bb]rn, / / and[/] [F] [/] [/]
For - / g[/]iv[F]en the / whole [/]Ho[Bb]use of / Orange, / /[/] [C] [/] [/]
King / Bi[/]ll[F]y and the / whole Ho[/]us[C]e of / Orange.[/] [F]
[/] [F] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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