Intro
G Gsus2 G G Gsus2 G
[Verse]
G Em - Esus2
My name is John Riley,
C G - Gsus2
I'll have your ear only a while.
C G - Bm
I left my dear home in Ireland
Em Bm Em - D C
It was death, starvation or exile.
C G - Gsus2
And when I got to America,
C Em
It was my duty to go,
G C
Enter the army and slog across Texas
D Em - Esus2 Em D
To join in the war against Mexico.
G Em - Esus2
And it was there in the pueblos and hillsides,
C G - Gsus2
That I saw the mistake I had made.
C G Bm
Part of a conquering army
Em Bm Em - D C
With the morals of a bayonet blade.
C G - Gsus2
So in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics,
C Em
Screaming children, the burning stench of it all,
G C
Myself and two hundred Irishmen
D Em
Decided to rise to the call...
[Chorus]
C G - Gsus2
From Dublin City, to San Diego
D Em
We witnessed freedom denied
C G
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
D Em - Esus2
And we fought on the Mexican side
[Verse]
G Em - Esus2
We marched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick
C G - Gsus2
Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh"
C G - Bm
Bright with the harp and the shamrock
Em Bm Em - D C
And "Libertad para Mexicana"
C G - Gsus2
Just fifty years after Wolftone
C Em
Five thousand miles away
G C
The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers
D Em
And they can talk as they may
But--
[Chorus]
C G - Gsus2
From Dublin City, to San Diego
D Em
We witnessed freedom denied
C G
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
D Em - Esus2
And we fought on the Mexican side
[Verse]
G Em - Esus2
We fought them in Matamoros
C G - Gsus2
While their volunteers were raping the nuns
C G - Bm
In Monterey and Cerro Gordo
Em Bm Em - D C
We fought on as Ireland's sons
C G - Gsus2
We were the red-headed fighters for freedom
C Em
Amidst these brown-skinned women and men
G C
Side by side we fought against tyranny
D Em
And I dare say we'd do it again
[Chorus]
C G - Gsus2
From Dublin City, to San Diego
D Em
We witnessed freedom denied
C G
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
D Em - Esus2
And we fought on the Mexican side
[Instrumental Verse]
G Em - Esus2
C G - Gsus2
C G - Bm
Em Bm Em - D C
C G - Gsus2
C Em
G C
D Em
[Instrumental Chorus]
C G - Gsus2
D Em
C G
D Em - Esus2
[Verse]
G Em - Esus2
We fought them in five major battles
C G Gsus2
Churobusco was the last
C G - Bm
Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston
Em Bm Em - D C
We fell after each mortar blast
C G - Gsus2
Most of us died on that hillside
C Em
In the service of the Mexican state
G C
So far from our occupied homeland
D Em
We were heroes and victims of fate
[Chorus]
C G - Gsus2
From Dublin City, to San Diego
D Em
We witnessed freedom denied
C G
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
D Em - Esus2
And we fought on the Mexican side
C G
We formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
D Em
And we fought on the Mexican side
- 1. Chord Gitar David Rovics - St Patrick Battalion Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar David Rovics - St Patrick Battalion Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan