C#m  B C#m  B C#m  B
C#m  B C#m  B C#m  B
C#m  B C#m

[Verse 1]
C#m
Marchin' down O'Connell street
       C#m
With a Starry Plough on high
E                        B
Here comes the Citizen's Army
           A                  B
With their fists raised to the sky
    C#m
And leadin' them was a mighty man
      C#m
With a mad rage in his eye
     E            B
"My name is James Connolly
   A                B
I didn't come here to die"


[Pre-Chorus]
      A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man
     E           B
The small farmer too
       A
To protect the proletariat
          E                B
From the bosses and their screws


[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys
C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A                 A

     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class
    A
Economic...
A               E
          liberty!


[Verse 2]
     C#m
Then Jem cries out, "Oh, citizens
     C#m
This system is a curse
    E                B
An English boss is a monster
   A            B
An Irish one is worse
        C#m
They'll never lock us out again

And here's the reason why
    E             B
My name is James Connolly
   A                  B
I didn't come here to die"


[Pre-Chorus]
      A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man
     E           B
The small farmer too
       A
To protect the proletariat
          E                B
From the bosses and their screws


[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys
C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A                 A

     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class
    A
Economic...
A               E
          liberty!


[Verse 3]
    C#m
Now over in the GPO
         C#m
With the bullets whizzin' by
         E                 B
There's Pearse and Sean McDermott
         A                      B
They're tellin' each other goodbye
   C#m
Up steps our citizen leaders

As he roars out to the sky:
    E             B
My name is James Connolly
   A                  B
I didn't come here to die"


[Pre-Chorus]
       A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man
     E           B
The small farmer too
       A
To protect the proletariat
          E                B
From the bosses and their screws


[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys
C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A                 A

     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class
    A
Economic...
A               E
          liberty!

[Accordion Solo]
C#m
C#m
E    B
A    B
C#m
C#m
E    B
A    B

[Accordion Solo] (Bass and guitar drop out)
C#m
C#m
E    B
A    B
C#m
C#m
E    B
A    B

[Verse 4] (accordion drops out)
   C#m
We fought them to a standstill
          C#m
While the flames lit up the sky
       E                    B
Till a bullet pierced our leader
       A               B
And we gave up on the fight
      C#m
They shot him in Kilmainham Gaol
            C#m
But they'll never stop his cry
    E             B
My name is James Connolly
   A                  B
I didn't come here to die"


[Pre-Chorus] (accordion returns)
      A
But to fight for the rights of the workin' man
     E           B
The small farmer too
       A
To protect the proletariat
          E                B
From the bosses and their screws


[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys
C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A                 A

     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class
    A
Economic...
A               E
          liberty! Hey!

[Accordion Solo] (slows to half-time)
C#m
C#m
E    B
A    B
C#m
C#m
E    B
A    B
A
E    B
A
E    B

[Chorus]
   C#m
So hold onto your rifles, boys
C#m                A
Don't give up the dream
A                 A

     E              B
A Republic for the workin' class
A          A          E
       Economic liberty
A