Rogers Stan

Rogers Stan - House Of Orange guitar chord

The House of Orange     3/4      Stan Rogers

Standard Tuning / Finger Picking - 1 2+ 3+` Submitted by Ken Lee

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  / F                     / C               / Bb                        / F

I / took back my / hand and I / showed him the / door, /

      / F            / CG                 / Bb                  / C    /

No / dollar of / mine would I / part with this / day, /

       / F                / CG              / Bb                 / F       /

For / fueling the / engine of a / bloody cruel / war , /

          / F                 / Bb                 / C      /                

In my / forefathers' / home far a - / way. /

         / F                  / C                          / Bb               / F           /

Who / fled the first / Famine wearing / all that they / owned, /

          / F                    / C               / Bb                / C              

Were / called Navi - / gators, all / ragged and / torn, /  and

F                        / C                        / Bb                / F          /  

Built the Grand / Trunk here and / found a new / home, /

            / F               / C                     / F       / / /

Wher - / ever their / children were / born. / / /

          / F                     / C           / Bb                    / F     /        

Their / sons have no / politics, / none can  re - / call, /

        / F                     / CG               / Bb                / C     /  

All - / egiance from / long gener - / ations be -  / fore, /

       / F                / CG                     / Bb           / F    /

Oh, / this war or / that name can't / matter at / all, /

     / F                    / Bb                / C      /

Or / be cause e - / nough for to / war, / and.

F                       / C                 / Bb                / F           /  

Meanwhile my / babies are / safe in their / homes, /

      / F                      / C                   / Bb              /  

Un / like their Pale / cousins who / cower and /

C    /

cry, /

           / F                      / C                      / Bb                / F       / /  

While / knee-cappers / nail their poor / Dads to the / floor, / / and

F                       / C                 /  F    / / /

Teach them to / hate and to / die. / / /

F                       / C                    / Bb                   / F      / /

It's those cruel / beggars who / spurn the fair / coin, / /

       / F                         / CG                    / Bb                / C    /

The / Peace for their / kids they could / take at their / will, /

                 / F                    / CG           / Bb                 / F           / /

Since the / day old King / Billy pre - / vailed at the / Boyne, / /

              / F                                 / Bb                               / C        / /

They've / bombed and they've / maimed and they've / killed. / /

                 / F               / C                 / Bb             / F        / /

Now they / cry out for / money and / wail at the / door, / / but

F                              / C               / Bb       / C           /

Home Rule or Re - / public, 'tis / all of it / shame, /  and

    / F                  / C                       / Bb             / F      / /

A / curse for us / here who want / nothing of / war, / /

           / F                / C                 / F         / / /

We're / kindred in / nothing but / name. / / /  

Break: Instrumental - Last 4 lines of verse

     / F                    / C                            / Bb                      / F      / /

All / rights and all / wrongs have long / since blown a - / way, / /

       / F                  / CG                 / Bb              / C       /

For / causes are / ashes where / children lie / slain, /

             / F                     / CG           / Bb            / F /

Yet the / damned UD - / L and the / cruel IR - / A /

              / F                 / Bb                  / C       / /

Will to - / morrow go / murdering a - / gain. / /

            / F             / C              / Bb             / F      / /

But no / penny of / mine will I / add to the / fray./ /

         / F                    / C                         / Bb           / C      / /              

"Re - / member the / Boyne" they will / cry out in / vain, / /

             / F              / C                  / Bb              / F        / /

For I've / given my / heart to the / place I was / born, / / and

         / F              / Bb                        / C            / /

For - / given the / whole House of  / Orange, / /

         / F                   / C                         / F      

King / Billy and the / whole House of / Orange.

/ F / / / / / /

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