Off to dublin in the green Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I am [C]a merry plo[G]ughboy
And I plough the fields all [C]day
[G]Until the thought came to my mind
That I must [C]be away
I've always hated [G]slavery
from the day that I was [C]born
So I'm [G]off to join the IRA,
and I'm off tomorrow [C]morn
I leave behind my [G]old grey mare,
I leave behind my [C]plough
And I [G]leave behind my horse and yoke,
I'll never need them [C]now.
I'll take my short re[G]volver
and my bandolier of [C]lead,
And I'll [G]do or die, I can but try,
to avenge my country's [C]dead.
I leave behind my [G]Mary,
she's the girl I do ad[C]ore
And I [G]wonder if she'll think of me
when she hears those cannon [C]roar
And when the war is [G]over
and dear old Ireland's [C]free
I'll [G]take her to a church to wed
and a rebel's wife she'll [C]be
We're all after Dublin
in the [G]green, in the green
Where the helmets glisten in the [C]sun
Where the [G]bayonets splashed
and rifles crashed
To the echo of the Thompson [C]gun