Misc Originals – Ambuscade - Not Without A Fight (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Tune from Drunken Lullabies, by Flogging Molly] [Fast—paced, foot—stomping, with a bit of an Irish rebel folk vibe] [Verse]
     G                  G
Woke up to a noise like thunder and steel,

   Em              Em 
My walls shook, my windows squealed.

C                       C
Out in the yard stood a man in a vest,

       Em                      D
Said, “we’re repossessing this mess.”

              G                   G
I said, “Hold on, now——this is my land!

       Em                     Em 
You’re takin’ nothin’ from my calloused hands!”

   Em              Em 
He smirked, raised a paper, said, “Ain’t my call,”

      Em                    D
And I saw the wrecking ball ready to fall.
[Chorus] [Big shout—along!]
   C             G
Oh no, you ain’t wrecking my home!

  C           D 
I built these walls with my sweat and bones!

    G         C             Em
You want this house? Better take me too!

    G          D           G
You just ain’t wrecking my home.

[Verse]             G                   G
They'd tossed my couch, my boots, my bed,

   Em                       Em 
My granddad’s chair and the books I’ve read.

    Em                        Em 
The kettle rolled down to the gutter below,

      Em                        D
But I brewed a strong pot right there in the road.
[Chorus] [Even louder]
   C             G
Oh no, you ain’t wrecking my home!

  C           D 
I built these walls with my sweat and bones!

    G         C             Em
You want this house? Better take me too!

    G          D           G
You just ain’t wrecking my home.
[Verse]
       G                       G
Called up my neighbors, called up my friends.

       Em                       Em 
Called up that lawyer who don’t make amends.

   C                           C
We blocked the road, we filled up the street,

          Em                   D
Said, “To get this place, it’s me you’ll have to beat!”

    G                      G
The foreman sighed, said, “Man, don’t fight.”

      Em                         Em
But I saw him sweating ‘cause he knew I was right.

         C                      C
Then the mayor rolled up with a grin so wide,

        Em                   D
Till we let him know he was trapped inside!
[Chorus]
   C             G
Oh no, you ain’t wrecking my home!

  C           D 
I built these walls with my sweat and bones!

    G         C             Em
You want this house? Better take me too!

    G          D           G
You just ain’t wrecking my home.
[Verse] [Spoken, like a pub chant]
     G                   G
They sent the cops, they sent the suits,

     Em          Em
They sent their lawyers in shiny boots.

    C                 C
But when we stood and made our stand,

      Em                      D
They learned what it means to fight for land!
[Sung]
     G             G
Next morning, they packed up and let us be,

          Em                       Em
Said, “Forget it, mate, this ain’t worth the fee.”

       C                       C
Now my house still stands and my flag still flies,

            Em                      D
And I’ll be damned if they take me alive!
[Chorus] [defiant and triumphant!]
   C             G
Oh no, you ain’t wrecking my home!

  C           D 
I built these walls with my sweat and bones!

    G         C             Em
You want this house? Better take me too!

    G          D           G
You just ain’t wrecking my home.
[Outro] [shouted, fading into cheers!]
    G          D           G
You just ain’t wrecking my home.