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Intro: D Dsus2 D D Dsus2 D Verse D Bm - Bsus2 My name is John Riley, G D - Dsus2 I'll have your ear only a while. G D - F#m I left my dear home in Ireland Bm F#m Bm - A G It was death, starvation or exile. G D - Dsus2 And when I got to America, G Bm It was my duty to go, D G Enter the army and slog across Texas A Bm - Bsus2 Bm A To join in the war against Mexico. D Bm - Bsus2 And it was there in the pueblos and hillsides, G D - Dsus2 That I saw the mistake I had made. G D F#m Part of a conquering army Bm F#m Bm - A G With the morals of a bayonet blade. G D - Dsus2 So in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics, G Bm Screaming children, the burning stench of it all, D G Myself and two hundred Irishmen A Bm Decided to rise to the call... G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side Verse D Bm - Bsus2 We marched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick G D - Dsus2 Emblazoned with 'Erin Go Bragh' G D - F#m Bright with the harp and the shamrock Bm F#m Bm - A G And 'Libertad para Mexicana' G D - Dsus2 Just fifty years after Wolftone G Bm Five thousand miles away D G The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers A Bm And they can talk as they may But-- G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side Verse D Bm - Bsus2 We fought them in Matamoros G D - Dsus2 While their volunteers were raping the nuns G D - F#m In Monterey and Cerro Gordo Bm F#m Bm - A G We fought on as Ireland's sons G D - Dsus2 We were the red-headed fighters for freedom G Bm Amidst these brown-skinned women and men D G Side by side we fought against tyranny A Bm And I dare say we'd do it again G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side Verse D Bm - Bsus2 We fought them in Matamoros G D - Dsus2 While their volunteers were raping the nuns G D - F#m In Monterey and Cerro Gordo Bm F#m Bm - A G We fought on as Ireland's sons G D - Dsus2 We were the red-headed fighters for freedom G Bm Amidst these brown-skinned women and men D G Side by side we fought against tyranny A Bm And I dare say we'd do it again G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side Instrumental Verse D Bm - Bsus2 G D - Dsus2 G D - F#m Bm F#m Bm - A G G D - Dsus2 G Bm D G A Bm Instrumental Chorus G D - Dsus2 A Bm G D A Bm - Bsus2 Verse D Bm - Bsus2 We fought them in five major battles G D Dsus2 Churobusco was the last G D - F#m Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston Bm F#m Bm - A G We fell after each mortar blast G D - Dsus2 Most of us died on that hillside G Bm In the service of the Mexican state D G So far from our occupied homeland A Bm We were heroes and victims of fate G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side G D We formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm And we fought on the Mexican side
G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side
G D - Dsus2 From Dublin City, to San Diego A Bm We witnessed freedom denied G D So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm - Bsus2 And we fought on the Mexican side G D We formed the Saint Patrick Battalion A Bm And we fought on the Mexican side
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