Dropkick Murphys – James Connolly (Guitar)

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tune down half step for this version, for easier chords, standard tuning, capo 3 and transcribe -4 [Intro] C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m [Verse 1]
C#m
Marchin' down O'Connell street

       C#m
With a Starry Plough on high

E                        B
Here comes the Citizen's Army

           A                  B
With their fists raised to the sky

    C#m
And leadin' them was a mighty man

      C#m
With a mad rage in his eye

     E            B
"My name is James Connolly

   A                B
I didn't come here to die"
[Pre-Chorus]
      A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man

     E           B
The small farmer too

       A
To protect the proletariat

          E                B
From the bosses and their screws
[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys

C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A A
     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class

    A
Economic...

A               E
          liberty!
[Verse 2]
     C#m
Then Jem cries out, "Oh, citizens

     C#m
This system is a curse

    E                B
An English boss is a monster

   A            B
An Irish one is worse

        C#m
They'll never lock us out again
And here's the reason why
    E             B
My name is James Connolly

   A                  B
I didn't come here to die"
[Pre-Chorus]
      A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man

     E           B
The small farmer too

       A
To protect the proletariat

          E                B
From the bosses and their screws
[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys

C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A A
     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class

    A
Economic...

A               E
          liberty!
[Verse 3]
    C#m
Now over in the GPO

         C#m
With the bullets whizzin' by

         E                 B
There's Pearse and Sean McDermott

         A                      B
They're tellin' each other goodbye

   C#m
Up steps our citizen leaders
As he roars out to the sky:
    E             B
My name is James Connolly

   A                  B
I didn't come here to die"
[Pre-Chorus]
       A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man

     E           B
The small farmer too

       A
To protect the proletariat

          E                B
From the bosses and their screws
[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys

C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A A
     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class

    A
Economic...

A               E
          liberty!
[Accordion Solo] C#m C#m E B A B C#m C#m E B A B [Accordion Solo] (Bass and guitar drop out) C#m C#m E B A B C#m C#m E B A B [Verse 4] (accordion drops out)
   C#m
We fought them to a standstill

          C#m
While the flames lit up the sky

       E                    B
Till a bullet pierced our leader

       A               B
And we gave up on the fight

      C#m
They shot him in Kilmainham Gaol

            C#m
But they'll never stop his cry

    E             B
My name is James Connolly

   A                  B
I didn't come here to die"
[Pre-Chorus] (accordion returns)
      A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man

     E           B
The small farmer too

       A
To protect the proletariat

          E                B
From the bosses and their screws
[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys

C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A A
     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class

    A
Economic...

A               E
          liberty! Hey!
[Accordion Solo] (slows to half-time) C#m C#m E B A B C#m C#m E B A B A E B A E B [Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys

C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A A
     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class

A          A          E
       Economic liberty
A