God Save Ireland Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
[G]'God save Ireland' said they all
Whether [C]on the scaffold high
Or the [F]battlefield we die
[C]Oh, what matter when for
[G]Erin dear we [C]fall!

[Verse 2]
High [C]upon the gallows tree swung
the [F]noble- hearted [C]Three
By the vengeful tyrant
stricken in their [G]bloom
But they [C]met him face to face,
with the [F]courage of their [C]race
And they went with souls un
[G]daunted to their [C]doom

[Verse 3]
[C]'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
[G]'God save Ireland' said they all
Whether [C]on the scaffold high
Or the battlefield we die
Oh, what [F]matter when for Erin
dear we fall!
(Verse Not In the Luke Kelly Collection) Girt [C]around with cruel foes, still

[Verse 4]
their courage proudly rose
For they thought of hearts that
[G]loved them for and near
Of the [C]millions true and brave
o'er the ocean's swelling wave
And the friends in holy
Ireland ever dear

[Verse 5]
Climbed [C]they up the rugged stair,
rang their [F]voices out in [C]prayer
Then with England's fatal
cord around them [G]cast
Close be[C]side the gallows tree
kissed like [F]brothers lov[C]ingly
True to home and faith and
[G]freedom to the [C]last

[Verse 6]
[C]'God save Ireland!' said the heroes
[G]'God save Ireland' said they all
Whether [C]on the scaffold high
Or the [F]battlefield we die
[C]Oh, what matter when for
[G]Erin dear we [C]fall!

[Verse 7]
Never [C]till the latest day shall
the [F]memory pass [C]away
Of the gallant lives thus given for our [G]land
But [C]on the cause must go,
amidst [F]joy and weal and [C]woe
Till we make our Isle a na
[G]tion free and [C]grand

[Verse 8]
[C]God save Ireland! said the heroes
[G]'God save Ireland' said they all
Whether [C]on the scaffold high
Or the [Am]battle[F]field we die
[G]Oh, what [C]matter when for [G]Erin dear we [C]fall