Viva La Quinta Brigada

F - G - Am - F - G - C - F - G - Am C G C 1 . ten years before i saw the light of morning , C F a comradeship of heroes was laid , F G from every corner of the world came sailing G G7 C the fifth international brigade . G C 2 . they came to stand beside the spanish people , C F to try and stem the rising fascist tide , F G franco’s allies were the powerful and wealthy , G G7 C frank ryan’s men came from the other side . G C 3 . even the olives were bleeding , C F as the battle for madrid it thundered on , F G truth and love against the force of evil , G G7 C brotherhood against the fascist clan . F viva la quinta brigada , F G C "no pasaran" , the pledge that made them fight . C Em Am "adelante" is the cry around the hillside , F G C let us all remember them tonight . C G C 4 . bob hilliard was a church of ireland pastor , C F form killarney across the pyrenees he came , F G from derry came a brave young christian brother , G G7 C side by side they fought and died in spain . G C 5 . tommy woods aged seventeen died in cordoba , C F with na fianna he learned to hold his gun , F G from dublin to the villa del rio , G G7 C where he fought and died beneath the blazing sun . F viva la quinta brigada , F G C "no pasaran" , the pledge that made them fight . C Em Am "adelante" is the cry around the hillside , F G C let us all remember them tonight . C G C 6 . many irishmen heard the call of franco , C F joined hitler and mussolini , too . F G propaganda from the pulpit and newspapers , G G7 C helped o’duffy to enlist his crew G C 7 . the word came from maynooth , "dupport the nazis!" C F the men of cloth failed again . F G when the bishops blessed the blueshirts in dun laoghaire , G G7 C as they sailed beneath the swastika to spain . F viva la quinta brigada , F G C "no pasaran" , the pledge that made them fight . C Em Am "adelante" is the cry around the hillside , F G C let us all remember them tonight . C G C 8 . this song is a tribute to frank ryan , C F kit conway and dinny coady , too , F G peter daly , charlie regan and hugh bonar , G G7 C though many died , i can but name a few . G C 9 . danny boyle , blaser - brown and charlie donnelly , C F liam tumilson and jim straney from the falls , F G jack nalty , tommy patton and frank conroy , G G7 C jim foley , tony fox and dick o’neill . F viva la quinta brigada , F G C "no pasaran" , the pledge that made them fight . C Em Am "adelante" is the cry around the hillside , F G C let us all remember them tonight . F G C F G Am viva la quinta brigada , viva la quinta brigada . + F - G - C - F - G - Am 4 x