Free And Green Guitar Chords And Lyrics
Written by Carl Funk with help from David Kincaid. Carl from Seattle America wrote this song while visiting Ireland in 1980, it's a song about his hopes and vision for Ireland. Years later by pure coincidences it turned out that a Captain Taggart had served with the Irish Brigade in the American civil war and some events in the song turned out to be true. The video is of The Irish Brigade who are an American group and not to be confused with the Irish group with the same name. The chorus of the song is all about drinking whiskey, and if it's a song about Whiskey your after there's none more popular than Whiskey In The Jar Song which is really another song about fighting battles but to seel the songs they put in a couple of lines about drinking either beer or whiskey
FREE AND GREEN 4/4 (As performed by the Irish Brigade)
Intro (twice):
D-D-Em-G
D-D-C-Am
D-D-Em-G
D-C-Am-D
Captain (G)Taggart took the (Bm)field with his (C)men as hard as (Am)steel
And we (C)drove the bloody (Am)rebels/traitors to the (D)sea-(Dsus4)-(D)
Be(G)fore the guns had (Em)stilled there were (C)many hundreds (D)killed
There’s (Em)many an Irish (Am)girl sad to(G)night
(G)When the smoke had (Bm)cleared it was (C)just as we had (Am)feared
Captain (C)Taggart lay (Am)wounded on the (D)ground-(Dsus4)-(D)
With his (G)head upon my (Em)knee, there he (C)met eterni(D)ty
I (Em)proudly closed his (Am)eyes and then I (G)cried
Chorus:
And it’s (D)whiskey in the (C)morning, (D)whiskey in the (C)night
An(Am)other Irish (Em)soldier lad has (C)fought his final (G)fight
We’ll (D)toast him ‘til we’re (C)drunk boys and (D)douse the candle(G)light
And (C)tell them, Captain (Am)Taggart he’s (D)coming home tonight
Repeat Intro once
Well we (G)took his body (Bm)home and the (C)drums and pipes did (Am)drone
And we (C)pulled a fine black (Am)casket through the (D)streets-(Dsus4)-(D)
And then (G)told his grieving (Em)wife, that he (C)loved her more than (D)life
And we (Em)gave to his young (Am)son his father’s (G)sword
Now the (G)people they all (Bm)dream of an (C)Ireland free and (Am)green
Where (C)nowhere can be (Am)heard the battle (D)cry-(Dsus4)-(D)
The (G)fighting’s gone too (Em)long, and it (C)just drags on and (D)on
And I’d (Em)like to know some (Am)peace before I (G)die
Intro (twice):
D-D-Em-G
D-D-C-Am
D-D-Em-G
D-C-Am-D
Captain (G)Taggart took the (Bm)field with his (C)men as hard as (Am)steel
And we (C)drove the bloody (Am)rebels/traitors to the (D)sea-(Dsus4)-(D)
Be(G)fore the guns had (Em)stilled there were (C)many hundreds (D)killed
There’s (Em)many an Irish (Am)girl sad to(G)night
(G)When the smoke had (Bm)cleared it was (C)just as we had (Am)feared
Captain (C)Taggart lay (Am)wounded on the (D)ground-(Dsus4)-(D)
With his (G)head upon my (Em)knee, there he (C)met eterni(D)ty
I (Em)proudly closed his (Am)eyes and then I (G)cried
Chorus:
And it’s (D)whiskey in the (C)morning, (D)whiskey in the (C)night
An(Am)other Irish (Em)soldier lad has (C)fought his final (G)fight
We’ll (D)toast him ‘til we’re (C)drunk boys and (D)douse the candle(G)light
And (C)tell them, Captain (Am)Taggart he’s (D)coming home tonight
Repeat Intro once
Well we (G)took his body (Bm)home and the (C)drums and pipes did (Am)drone
And we (C)pulled a fine black (Am)casket through the (D)streets-(Dsus4)-(D)
And then (G)told his grieving (Em)wife, that he (C)loved her more than (D)life
And we (Em)gave to his young (Am)son his father’s (G)sword
Now the (G)people they all (Bm)dream of an (C)Ireland free and (Am)green
Where (C)nowhere can be (Am)heard the battle (D)cry-(Dsus4)-(D)
The (G)fighting’s gone too (Em)long, and it (C)just drags on and (D)on
And I’d (Em)like to know some (Am)peace before I (G)die
