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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