The House Of Orange Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The House of Orange

[Verse 2]
I took [Bm]back my [A]hand and I
[D]showed him the door.
No dollar of [Bm]mine would I [A]part with this [Em]day,
[G]for fue[D]ling the engin[Bm]e of
[G]a bloody [D]cruel war,
In my [Em]forefather's [Bm]home far away,
[A]

[Verse 3]
Who [Bm]fled the [A]first fammine wearing
[G]all that they [D]own.
Were called navig[Bm]ators
all [A]ragged and [Em]torn,
[G]and [D]built the grand [Bm]trunk here
and [G]found a new [D]home,
where [Bm]ever their [A]children were [D]born.

[Verse 4]
[D]
Their [Bm]sons have no [A]politics [G]none
can [D]re call
alliegence from [Bm]long gener
[A]ation[B]s b[Em]e fore.
[G]"O" thi[D]s or "O" tha[Bm]t
name can't [G]matter at [D]all,
or [Em]be cause en[Bm]ough for to wa[A]r.

[Verse 5]
And [Bm]meanwhile my [A]babies are
[G]safe in their [D]home.
Unlike their pale [Bm]cousins who
[A]cower and [Em]cry,[G]
[D]while [Bm]kneecappers nail their
poor [G]dads to the [D]floor,
and [Bm]teach them to [A]hate
and to die.
[D][Dsus4][D]

[Verse 6]
It's [Bm]those [A]cruel beggers who
[G]spurn the fare [D]point,
The peace for their [Bm]kids they
could [A]take at [Bm]their [Em]will.[G]
Since [D]the day old King [Bm]Billy pre
[G]vailed at [D]the Boyne,
They've [Em]bombed and they've
[Bm]maimed and they've killed.
[A]

[Verse 7]
Now [Bm]they cry out for [A]money
and [G]they wail at the [D]door,
but home rule or re[Bm]public 'tis
[A]all of [Bm]it sh[Em]ame[G]
And [D]a curse for us [Bm]here who
want [G]nothing of [D]war.
We're [Bm]kindred in [A]nothing but [D]name.

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm][A][G][D][Bm]
[Asus4][Em][G][D][Bm][G][D][Bm][Asus4]
[A][D]

[Verse 8]
All [Bm]rights and all [A]wrongs have long
[G]since blown [D]away,
For causes are [Bm]ashes where
[A]children [Bm]lye s[Em]lain,[G]
Yet the [D]damned [B]UDL[Bm] and the cru[G]el IRA[D]
will to[Em]morrow go [Bm]murdering again.
[A]

[Verse 9]
But no [Bm]penny of [A]mine will I
[G]add to the [D]fray.
Remember [Bm]the Boyne they
will [A]cry [Bm]out in [Em]vein,[G]
For I've [D]given my [Bm]heart to
the [G]place I was [D]born
and [Em]for given the [Bm]whole
house of [A]Orange.
King [Bm]Billy and the [A]whole house
of [D]Orange.
Stan Rogers 1983