Biography:
The Rumjacks es un grupo australiano de punk celta formada en 2008 en Nueva Gales del Sur en Australia . Se compone de cinco músicos que se reunieron en Sydney en 2008. Además de la influencia del punk , la banda se basa en las tendencias musicales tan diversas como la música tradicional irlandesa, inglesa y australiana, el reggae, y las baladas y canciones de marineros .
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
Am G Am
With achin' heart and steady hand, I'm puttin pen to paper, father dear
Am G Am
I trust these words'll find you and pray that you can read 'em through your tears
Dm Am
They say a man that's born to sing can scare away his woes
G Am
And banish all his anger and his pain
Dm Am
But the screamin' in my head killed the singin' in my soul
G Em G Am
And I fear I'll never recall the tune again
[Verse 2]
Am G Am Em G Am
I've trouble with the sleepin', my shadows weight impossible to bear
Am G Am
I hear my sister weepin' and callin to me from that other where
Dm Am
The names o' them I loved are carved into my skin
G Am
The greatest crew a fighter ever had
Dm Am
They call us gypsy bastards and say it like it's sin
G Em G Am
That all our wars are merry and all our songs are sad.
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went out dancin', tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am Em G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
[Verse 3]
Am G Am Em G Am
Derry born and barely raised, I'd hardly bear to see the place again
Am G Am
'Till in merrie bloody England I found myself a brother to the end
Dm Am
It's proper that youre grievin', yer poorer for me leavin'
G Am
The best and fairest any given day
Dm Am
Let Matty, Marco, Luke, and John bless the slab im lyin on
G Em G Am
Kiss me arse and send me on me way
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went out dancin' tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am Em G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
[Verse 4]
Am G Am Em G Am
A half a dozen monkeys the devil sent to snap me o'er his knee
Am G Am
I slapped their filthy tongues back in their skulls and did it laughin' wickedly
Dm Am
Smash the right and fuck the left, I'll curse 'em with my dyin' breath
G Am
As bent as each to other I would say
Dm Am
The only drum I march to is me Irish bloody heart
G Em G Am
kickin' out against its brittle cage.
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went out dancin' tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went down swingin' tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
Em G Am
Speak my name (4x)
Am G Am
With achin' heart and steady hand, I'm puttin pen to paper, father dear
Am G Am
I trust these words'll find you and pray that you can read 'em through your tears
Dm Am
They say a man that's born to sing can scare away his woes
G Am
And banish all his anger and his pain
Dm Am
But the screamin' in my head killed the singin' in my soul
G Em G Am
And I fear I'll never recall the tune again
[Verse 2]
Am G Am Em G Am
I've trouble with the sleepin', my shadows weight impossible to bear
Am G Am
I hear my sister weepin' and callin to me from that other where
Dm Am
The names o' them I loved are carved into my skin
G Am
The greatest crew a fighter ever had
Dm Am
They call us gypsy bastards and say it like it's sin
G Em G Am
That all our wars are merry and all our songs are sad.
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went out dancin', tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am Em G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
[Verse 3]
Am G Am Em G Am
Derry born and barely raised, I'd hardly bear to see the place again
Am G Am
'Till in merrie bloody England I found myself a brother to the end
Dm Am
It's proper that youre grievin', yer poorer for me leavin'
G Am
The best and fairest any given day
Dm Am
Let Matty, Marco, Luke, and John bless the slab im lyin on
G Em G Am
Kiss me arse and send me on me way
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went out dancin' tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am Em G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
[Verse 4]
Am G Am Em G Am
A half a dozen monkeys the devil sent to snap me o'er his knee
Am G Am
I slapped their filthy tongues back in their skulls and did it laughin' wickedly
Dm Am
Smash the right and fuck the left, I'll curse 'em with my dyin' breath
G Am
As bent as each to other I would say
Dm Am
The only drum I march to is me Irish bloody heart
G Em G Am
kickin' out against its brittle cage.
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went out dancin' tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
[Chorus]
Am C G
Tell 'em I went down swingin' tell 'em I went to war
Dm Am G
Tell 'em whatever you want to all the same
Am C G
It's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul
Dm Am G Am
And second when folk forget to speak his na -- a -- me
Em G Am
Speak my name (4x)
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