Valley Of Knockanure Chords

[Intro]
Em D C G Am Bm C
 
 
[Verse 1]
        G       D           C      Am
You may sing or speak about Easter week
       G                C
Or the heroes of ninety-eight
       Em     G
Of the Fenian men who roamed the glen
   D       C    Em
In victory or defeat
      C         G
Their names in history pages told
      D        C      Em
Their memories will endure
      G        D           C       D
Not a song was sung of our darling sons
       G              C
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[Verse 2]
           Em        D             C      Am
There were Walsh and Lyons and the Dalton boys
          G                  C
They were young and in their prime
        Em      G
As they rambled to a lonesome spot
          D         C        Em
Where the Black and Tans did lie
   C       G
Republican bold they did uphold
     D        C      Em
Tho' outlawed on the moor
    G       D         C          D
And side by side they fought and died
       G              C
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[Verse 3]
       Em   D            C   Am
It was on a neighbouring hillside
   G                   C
We listened in calmed amaze
   Em    G
In every house, in every town
      D         C       Em
There kneeled a maid to pray
        C       G
They're closing in around them now
     D     C       Em
With rifle fire so sure
         G         D        C        D
And poor Dalton is down and Lyons is dead
       G               C
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[Instrumental]
Em D C G Am Bm C
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
        Em       D       C       Am
So they took him down beyond the fence
          G                    C
Where the flowers were in full bloom
         Em       G
And they made him kneel down upon the grass
       D        C     Em
For to face his final doom
         C         G
And then Dalton he spoke, as his voice it broke
     D       C         Em
With passion proud and pure
        G            D        C        D
"Oh for Ireland I'll die as I face the sky"
       G               C
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[Verse 5]
        Em     D       C       Am
Now the summer sun was setting now
  G                       C
Between the hills and the sea
        Em        G
And the pale pale moon was rising
    D        C      Em
Far out from Tralee town
        C       G
And the dismal stars and the clouds afar
    D         C        Em
Are darkening o'er the moor
        G       D            C         D
And the banshee cried as our sons they died
       G              C
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