Verse:
Dm
I was born on a Dublin street where the
C
Royal drums do beat
Dm
And the loving English feet they walked
all over us
F
And every single night when me da would
C Am
come home tight
Dm C
Heʼd invite the neighbors outside with
Dm
this chorus
Chorus:
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down
in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like
Am
hell away
Dm C
From the green and lovely lanes in
Dm
Killashandra
Verse:
Dm
Come let me hear you tell
C
How you slandered great Parnell
Dm
When you thought him well and truly
persecuted
F
Where are the sneers and jeers
C Am
That you loudly let us hear
Dm C Dm
When our heroes of sixteen were executed
Chorus:
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down
in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like
Am
hell away
Dm C
From the green and lovely lanes in
Dm
Killashandra
Verse:
Dm
Come tell us how you slew
C
Those olʼ Arabs two by two
Dm
Like the Zulus they had spears and bows
and arrows
F
How you bravely faced one
C Am
With your sixteen pounder gun
Dm C
And you frightened them poor natives to
Dm
their marrow
Chorus:
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down
in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like
Am
hell away
Dm C
From the green and lovely lanes in
Dm
Killashandra
Verse:
Dm
Now the time is coming fast
C
And I think them days are here
Dm
When each English yeoman he will run
before us
F
And if there be a need
C Am
Then our kids will say, "Godspeed!"
Dm C
With a verse or two of singing this fine
Dm
chorus
Chorus:
Dm
Oh, come out you black and tans
C
Come out and fight me like a man
Dm
Show your wife how you won medals down
in Flanders
F C
Tell them how the IRA made you run like
Am
hell away
Dm C
From the green and lovely lanes in
Dm
Killashandra
