Children Of '16 Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]In Dublin town, one[G] Easter mor[D]n,
a [Bm]hun [D]dred y[A]ears a[D]go[Bm],
[D]The rebels led [G]a rising
[D]from the [Bm]city's [D]GPO[A][D][Bm]
[D]Brave [G]heroes [D]an d their en[G]emies [D]fell,
ci[G]vilians [D]in [G]between
And amon[Bm]g the de[D]ad and fal[G]len
[D]were
The [G]Children [D]of Sixteen
Those children [A]of the
[G]tenement slum[D]s
Who [Bm]daily [A]with [D]their pal[Bm]s[D]
A brazen [A]wild [D]brigad[G]e sprang up[D]
Between [Bm]the [A]two [Bm]canals
[D]With their [G]hand -carts [A]over
[D]cob[G]bled sto[A]ne
They [G]rattled skid an[D]d t[G]oe
Bare[Bm]footed [D]as they
[G]scovenged through
[A]The [G]cross, fire [A]and the [D]gold
A war zone of [A]the [G]cap[D]ital,
the bomb[Bm]s and sh[D]elling mad[Bm]e
[D]An d snipers' [A]bullet
[D]s pierced [G]and whi[D]pped
the [Bm]suffered [A]April [Bm]haze
[A]There was [G]fighting [A]from [D]the Uni[G]on
[D]to [A]the mil[G]l above the[A] gre[D]en[G]
And it [Bm]made a [A]great [D]excite[G]ment
[A]for the [G]children [A]of six[D]teen[Bm][D]
[Bm]
Six [D]days had [A]been the [G]rebels' pay
[D]A gra[Bm]ve and b[D]loody tol[Bm]l
[D]But through their blood
[A]and mar[G]tyrdom[D],
Repub[Bm]lic soon [A]was [Bm]born.[D]
High are [G]lofted [A]streets and
[G]buildings [A]now,
Their [G]names [A]can e 'er be [G]seen,
But still [Bm]missing from t[A]he p[G]ages
[A]are the [G]children [A]of six[D]teen[Bm]
Nor [D]Pierce, nor Clark, Mc[G]Donough,
[D]nor the [G]Connolly we know
Would [D]rest where [A]they re[G]membered
[D]on a [G]pedes[Em]tal not [G]on
And are they [A]not the fath[G]ers
[A]of our [G]nation proud an[A]d free
[G]And our[Bm] sisters an d[A][D]
our [G]brothers [A]then,
the [G]children [A]of six[D]ty[E][Abdim]
[Bm][A][D][Abdim][Bm][D]
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