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Written by the Irish actor while touring with the Dublin Follies in the 1940s, "On the One Road" was adopted by the Irish army as their official song - from independent.ie
Capo 2
On the One Road
by Frank O'Donovan
( Chorus
We're on the [G] one road, sharing the one load,
we're on the [C] road to [G] God knows [D] where
We're on the [G] one road, it may be the [Em] wrong road
but we're [Am] together now who [D] cares.
[G] North men, South men, [Em] comrades all
[Am] Dublin, Belfast, [D] Cork and Donegal
We're on the [G] one road swinging [Em] along,
singing a [Am] sol-[D] dier's [G] song. )
Verse 1
[Em] Though we've had our troubles now & then,
[G] now is the time to make them up again
[Em] Sure aren't we all Irish anyhow,
[G] now is the time to come [Em] together now
Chorus
Tinker, tailor, every mother's son,
butcher, baker shouldering his gun,
Rich man, poor man, every man in line,
all together just like Old Lang Syne.
Chorus
Break [G] [G] [C] [D] x4
Night is darkest just before the dawn,
from dissention Ireland is reborn,
Soon we'll all be United Irishmen,
make our land a Nation Once Again.
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
Chorus
We're on the [G] one road, sharing the one load,
we're on the [C] road to [G] God knows [D] where
We're on the [G] one road, it may be the [Em] wrong road
but we're [Am] together now who [D] cares.
[G] North men, South men, [Em] comrades all
[Am] Dublin, Belfast, [D] Cork and Donegal
We're on the [G] one road swinging [Em] along,
singing a [Am] sol-[D] dier's [G] song. )
Verse 1
[Em] Though we've had our troubles now & then,
[G] now is the time to make them up again
[Em] Sure aren't we all Irish anyhow,
[G] now is the time to come [Em] together now
Chorus
Tinker, tailor, every mother's son,
butcher, baker shouldering his gun,
Rich man, poor man, every man in line,
all together just like Old Lang Syne.
Chorus
Break [G] [G] [C] [D] x4
Night is darkest just before the dawn,
from dissention Ireland is reborn,
Soon we'll all be United Irishmen,
make our land a Nation Once Again.
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
Chorus