Em    D
C     G
Em    D
C     Em
Em    D
Em    D
Em    D
Em G D Em
G

[Verse]
   G                                C
In eleven sixty-seven, they came to Ireland on the make
          D                            G
They were followed by invasions and by conquests in their wake
    G                                    C
The Kings and Queens of England made the land a battleground
     C                                  D
They took the land by fraud, defeat; by murder, poison, and deceit!

[B Part]
Em              D
Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way
Em                   D
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Em               D
Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way
Em            G   D            Em
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day

[Verse]
     G                                  C
Then by the fifteenth century they held precariously to the Pale
    D                                 G
The invaders were more Irish than the Irish, that's the tale
      G                                     C
A fat greedy king (called Henry)'s dick was bigger than his brain
C                            D
Imposed a reformation- confiscating usurpation!

[Chous]
       G                        Am
You'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you do
        D                                                 G
You can put us down and keep us out, but we'll come back again
         G                                   Am
You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end
              D                                        G
You know, you should have known: You'll never beat the Irish

[B Part]
Em              D
Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way
Em                   D
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Em               D
Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way
Em            G   D            Em
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day

[B Part]
Em              D
Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way
Em                   D
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Em               D
Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way
Em            G   D            Em
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day

[Verse]
    G                                     C
The virgin Queen, Elizabeth, brought more turmoil to our land
    D                               G
She decimated Munster, scorched the earth and all at hand
     G                                           C
Then James the first and Charles the Mad brought other greedy bands
     C                                     D
They took the land of Ulster, killed their Chieftains- poisoned, plundered!

[B Part]
Em              D
Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way
Em                   D
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Em               D
Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way
Em            G   D            Em
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day

[Verse]
    G                                 C
And by defective titles, they cheated Connaught and the west
D                                   G
Across the seventeenth century from war we had no rest
        G                                            C
For the curse of Cromwell plagued the land, 'til our towns were red with blood
         C                                 D
Then the Battle of the Boyne was fought by William, James and foreign hoards

[Chorus]
       G                        Am
You'll never beat the Irish, no matter what you do
        D                                                 G
You can put us down and keep us out, but we'll come back again
         G                                   Am
You know we are the fighting Irish and we'll fight until the end
              D                                        G
You know, you should have known: You'll never beat the Irish

[B Part]
Em              D
Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way
Em                   D
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Em               D
Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way
Em            G   D            Em
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day

[B Part]
Em              D
Murder, plunder fallaballa, clear the way
Em                   D
Cheating, stealing, diddly-idel-day
Em               D
Ducking, diving, fallaballa, clear the way
Em            G   D            Em
Diddly-aidel-doh, diddly-aidel-day