Rogers Stan - House Of Orange guitar tab

Am G F C

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

Am Dm F

No dollar of mine would I part with this day

C Am F C

For fueling the engine of a bloody cruel war

Am F G

In my forefathers' home far away;

Am G F C

Who fled the first famine wearing all that they owned

Am Dm F

Were called navigators, all ragged and torn,

C Am F C

And built the grand trunk here, and found a new home

Am G C

Wherever their children were born.

Am G F C

Their sons have no politics. None can recall

Am Dm F

Allegiance from long generations before

C Am F C

O'this or O'that name can't matter at all.

Am F G

Or be cause enough for to war.

Am G F C

And meanwhile, my babies are safe in their home

Am Dm F

Unlike their pale cousins who cower and cry

C Am F C

While kneecappers nail their poor dads to the floor

Am G C

And teach them to hate and to die.

Am G F C

It's those cruel beggars who spurn the fair coin

Am Dm F

The peace for their kids they could take at their will:

C Am F C

Since the day old king Billy prevailed at the Boyne

Am F G

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

Am G F C

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

Am Dm F

But home rule or republic, 'tis all of it shame;

C Am F C

And a curse for us here who want nothing of war.

Am G C

We're kindred in nothing but name.

Am G F C

All rights and all wrongs have long since blown away,

Am Dm F

For causes are ashes where children lie slain.

C Am F C

Yet the damned U.D.L. and the cruel I.R.A.

Am F G

Will tomorrow go murdering again.

Am G F C

But no penny of mine will I add to the fray

Am Dm F

"Remember the Boyne" they will cry out in vain,

C Am F C

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

Am F G

And forgiven the whole House of Orange;

Am G C

King Billy and the whole House of Orange.