We Are The Irish Chords
Intro: C-Am-G-F C-G-C-C
(2x)
Like (C)chaff in the (Em)wind we were (F)cast from our (C)shores
As emigrants, as (G)exiles, as (C)convicts, as slaves
For hundreds of (Em)years Ireland (F)never saw (C)peace
From the (G)land that they loved they were forced o’er the seas
As (C)soldiers of (Em)fortune in the (F)Irish bri(C)gades
Our regiments con(G)demned to the (C)wars and the graves
The soldiers, the (F)sailors, the (C)Wild Geese, the (Em)weavers,
the (C)rebels, the (G)heroes, the (C)helpless, the brave.
Chorus
(C)We are the (Em)Irish all (F)over the
(C)world
(F)My heart is (C)with you, may the (G)road
rise to meet you
With (C)god’s (Am)hand to (C)keep
you from (F)harm
I will be (C)with you a(Em)lways, all the
(Am)days
Till the (Em)sun and the (Am)moon and the
(Em)stars in the (Am)sky cease to (C)shine -G-C
(Dm)Aye-yaye-yaye, (C)aye-yaye-yaye,
(Dm)aye-yaye-yaye, (C)aye-yayeya-(G)yaye-(C)yaye
Bridge: C-Am-G-F C-G-C-C
(2x)
Oh, (C)they left their (Em)homes so (F)eerie and (C)still
Generations were (G)forced from the (C)land that they loved
Their commerce all (Em)stifled, their (F)industries run (C)down
By (G)taxes and landlords and goverments that ruled,
From (C)wars and di(Em)sease, as re(F)ligious refu(C)gees,
a-fleeing ??? the (G)cruel penal (C)laws and decrease,
the horrors of (F)hunger has (C)torn us a(Em)sunder,
the (C)young and the (G)old are all (C)scattered and gone.
Chorus
(Dm)Aye-yaye-yaye, (C)aye-yaye-yaye,
(Dm)aye-yaye-yaye, (C)aye-yayeya-(G)yaye-(C)yaye
