The House of Orange 3/4 Stan Rogers Standard Tuning / Finger Picking - 1 2+ 3+` Submitted by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca / F / C / Bb / F I / took back my / hand and I / showed him the / door, / / F / CG / Bb / C / No / dollar of / mine would I / part with this / day, / / F / CG / Bb / F / For / fueling the / engine of a / bloody cruel / war , / / F / Bb / C / In my / forefathers' / home far a - / way. / / F / C / Bb / F / Who / fled the first / Famine wearing / all that they / owned, / / F / C / Bb / C Were / called Navi - / gators, all / ragged and / torn, / and F / C / Bb / F / Built the Grand / Trunk here and / found a new / home, / / F / C / F / / / Wher - / ever their / children were / born. / / / / F / C / Bb / F / Their / sons have no / politics, / none can re - / call, / / F / CG / Bb / C / All - / egiance from / long gener - / ations be - / fore, / / F / CG / Bb / F / Oh, / this war or / that name can't / matter at / all, / / F / Bb / C / Or / be cause e - / nough for to / war, / and. F / C / Bb / F / Meanwhile my / babies are / safe in their / homes, / / F / C / Bb / Un / like their Pale / cousins who / cower and / C / cry, / / F / C / Bb / F / / While / knee-cappers / nail their poor / Dads to the / floor, / / and F / C / F / / / Teach them to / hate and to / die. / / / F / C / Bb / F / / It's those cruel / beggars who / spurn the fair / coin, / / / F / CG / Bb / C / The / Peace for their / kids they could / take at their / will, / / F / CG / Bb / F / / Since the / day old King / Billy pre - / vailed at the / Boyne, / / / F / Bb / C / / They've / bombed and they've / maimed and they've / killed. / / / F / C / Bb / F / / Now they / cry out for / money and / wail at the / door, / / but F / C / Bb / C / Home Rule or Re - / public, 'tis / all of it / shame, / and / F / C / Bb / F / / A / curse for us / here who want / nothing of / war, / / / F / C / F / / / We're / kindred in / nothing but / name. / / / Break: Instrumental - Last 4 lines of verse / F / C / Bb / F / / All / rights and all / wrongs have long / since blown a - / way, / / / F / CG / Bb / C / For / causes are / ashes where / children lie / slain, / / F / CG / Bb / F / Yet the / damned UD - / L and the / cruel IR - / A / / F / Bb / C / / Will to - / morrow go / murdering a - / gain. / / / F / C / Bb / F / / But no / penny of / mine will I / add to the / fray./ / / F / C / Bb / C / / "Re - / member the / Boyne" they will / cry out in / vain, / / / F / C / Bb / F / / For I've / given my / heart to the / place I was / born, / / and / F / Bb / C / / For - / given the / whole House of / Orange, / / / F / C / F King / Billy and the / whole House of / Orange. / F / / / / / /