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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: The Orange and the Green
By:   The Irish Rovers 

[intro:]  {guitar strum E twice }   E   B   A  E  B E

[chorus:]
    E                              B
Oh, it is the biggest mix up, that you have ever seen
   A             E          B              E      E
My father he was Orange, me mother she was green.

[verse:1]
E                                     B              
Oh, me father was an Ulsterman, proud Protestant was he
   A            E                  B               E  
My mother was a Catholic girl from county Cork was she.
          C#m                           B     
They were married in two churches and lived happily enough
  A                E               B                  E       
Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough.

[chorus:]  {repeat}

[verse:2]
   E                             B
Baptized by father Reilly I was rushed away by car
       A               E            B               E  
To be made a little Orangemen, me father's shining star.
          C#m                       B
I was Christened David Anthony but still in spite of that
        A            E                B               E
To me father I was William while me mother called me Pat.

[chorus:]  {repeat}

[verse:3]
       E                     B
With mother every Sunday to mass I'd proudly stroll
       A              E                 B              E
Then after that the orange lodge would try to save me soul.
         C#m                          B
For both sides tried to claim me, but I was smart because
     A                  E              B               E
I'd play the flute, or play the harp depending were I was.

[chorus:]  {repeat}

[verse:4]
     E                          B
One day me Ma's relations came round to visit me.
     A                 E               B              E
Just as my father's kinfolk were all sitting down to tea.
              C#m                        B          
We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight.
    A                    E                  B          E
And me, being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight.

[chorus:]  {repeat}

[verse:5]
         E                         B
Now my parents never could agree about my type of school.
     A               E                    B              E
My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool.
              C#m                          B
They've both passed on, God rest 'em, but left me caught between
       A             E             B              E
That awful colour problem of the Orange and the Green.

[chorus:]  {repeat}

[chorus:]  {repeat} yes,