C
"God save Ireland," said the heroes
G
"God save Ireland," said they all
        C                           F               C
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefield we die
                         G             C
Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall?

[Verse]
C                                    F             C
High upon the gallows tree swung the noblehearted three
                                         G
By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom
         C                             F                C
But they met him face to face with the courage of their race
                           G                C
And they went with souls undaunted to their doom

[Chorus]
C
"God save Ireland," said the heroes
G
"God save Ireland," said they all
        C                           F               C
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefield we die
                         G             C
Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall?

[Verse]
C                                            F             C
Climbed they up the rugged stair, rang their voices out in prayer
                                           G
Then with England's fatal cord around them cast
       C                                   F              C
Close beside the gallows tree, kissed like brothers lovingly
                           G               C
True to home and faith and freedom to the last

[Chorus]
C
"God save Ireland," said the heroes
G
"God save Ireland," said they all
        C                           F               C
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefield we die
                         G             C
Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall?

[Verse]
C                                     F           C
Never 'till the latest day shall the memory pass away
                                         G
Of the gallant lives thus given for our land
            C                     F                C
But on the cause must go, amidst joy and weal and woe
                             G            C
'Till we make our Isle a nation free and grand

[Chorus]
C
"God save Ireland," said the heroes
G
"God save Ireland," said they all
        C                           F               C
Whether on the scaffold high or the battlefield we die
                         G             C
Oh, what matter when for Erin dear we fall?