Aunt Jennie And The Warrior Queens Of 16 Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays494

Aunt Jennie And The Warrior Queens Of 16 by Black Bank Folk is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C, G, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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  			Intro: Em  D  C  G  D 


Verse: 1 
      Em           D    C 
Aunt Jennie they never told me 
          G       D 
Of your fight in 1916 
       Em          D      C 
Brave Jennie they never told me 
        G                        D 
Of the jails and the combat you seen 


 
        C      Am                       Em 
Sean Connolly died in your strong young arms 
        D 
On City Hall 
        C            Am            G 
Your family was the Irish Citizen Army 
                    D 
You answered their call 


Verse: 2 
      Em          D       C 
Aunt Jennie your gallant bravery 
          G                     D 
Gives me strength in this crazy world 


Bridge 
C             Am 
Thank you oh thank you 
           Em                 D 
For your example against the tyrants of this world 

 
     C         Am                 Em 
The many brave warrior queens of ‘16 
             D 
They gave it all 
       C         Am 
Great hunger and genocide 
    Em           D 
Was why they did rise 


Solo: Em  D  C  G  D 


Verse: 3 
         Em 
The good doctor Kathleen Lynn 
     D       C 
And Rosie Hackett were your skins 
    G 
You stood and fought with them bravely 
    D 
In James’ Citizen Army 


 
     C           Am 
Brave Jennie Jennie Shanahan 
           E            D 
From the tenements of old Mercer Street 

Outro: 
C            Am 
Thank you oh thank you 
        C                    Am                     Em 
For your example against the tyrants of this world 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante