Tonart: G major
Intro 1
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
Verse 1
F
Bb
the trouble all went down.
F
C
The Defence of the Realm Act
F
C
was invoked by the Crown.
F
Bb
They imposed martial law
F
Bb
upon old Limerick town.
F
C
Bb
They made the local people foot the bill.
F
C
The local trains and workers' council
F
met for twelve long hours
C
And said we will not recognise
F
the British Army's powers
Bb
This city is the people's,
F
Bb
we reclaim it now as ours
F
C
F
Bb
F
It ever was and shall be ever still
C
Dm
Bb
We are the liberate So viets
F
C
F
C
We only answer to the people's plea
F
C
Dm
We care no more for their martial law
Bb
F
Than the British Army,
C
Bb
curse for you and me
C
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
curse for you and me
Bb
F
Bb
The printing workers laboured
F
Bb
through the darkness of the night
C
F
to resist the Army's might
C
F
Bb
Within two hours the city walls
F
Bb
proclaimed a general strike
F
C
And Limerick responded,
F
Bb
F
said a call
C
Workers in their thousands
F
were parading through the streets
C
The Irish Times was horrified
F
and called for their defeat
Bb
But the people were in charge now,
Bb
F
So they held the torch
C
F
of freedom for us all
Bb
F
C
Dm
Bb
We are the limerick soviets,
F
C
F
C
we only answer to the people's plea
F
C
Dm
Bb
We care no more for their martial law
C
Bb
cares for you and me
C
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
cares for you and me
Bb
F
Bb
The So viet limerick,
F
Bb
it lasted two weeks long
F
A forgotten revolution,
C
F
C
overlooked by history's song
F
Bb
John Cronin and his strike
F
Bb
committee's beacon has not gone
F
C
Bb
It lights the path to justice for us still
F
C
Dm
Bb
We are the liberate soviets
F
C
We own the answer to
F
C
the people's plea
F
C
Dm
We can no more for them marshal law
Bb
F
And the British army
C
Bb
curse for you and me
C
F
curse for you and me
C
F
C
Dm
Bb
We are the liberate soviets
F
C
We own the answer to
F
C
the people's plea
F
C
Dm
We couldn't war for their martial law,
Bb
C
Bb
that's what you and me.
C
Bb
that's what you and me.
C
F
that's what you and me.
Bb
F
Bb
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteF Bb C Dm
Mehr Songs von Alun Parry
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
Ähnliche Songs
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
4.8
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer
Neu hinzugefügt
Kürzlich hinzugefügte Akkorde & Tabs