Patriot Game

[INTRO:] C  G  D  G

[VERSE 1:]
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Come all ye young rebels, and 
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list while I sing
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For the love of one's country___ 
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is a terrible thing
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It banishes fear with the speed 
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of a flame
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And it makes us all a part of the 
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patriot game


[VERSE 2:]
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My name is O'Hanlon and I've just
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 gone sixteen
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My home is in Monaghan, where I 
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was weaned
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I've learned all my life, cruel 
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England to blame
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And so I'm a part of the patriot 
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game


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[VERSE 3:]
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It's nearly two years since I 
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wandered away
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With the local battalion___ of the
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 bold IRA
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I've read of our heroes, and I 
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wanted the same
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To play out my part in the 
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patriot game


[VERSE 4:]
     C           G            D  
They told me how Connolly was 
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shot in the chair
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His wounds from the battle all 
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bleeding and bare
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His fine body twisted, all 
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battered and lame
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They soon made me part of the 
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patriot game


[VERSE 5:]
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This Ireland of ours has for long
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 been half free
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Six counties are under John 
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Bull's tyranny
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So I gave up my boyhood___ to 
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drill and to train
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To play my own part in the 
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patriot game


[VERSE 6:]
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And now as I lie here, my body all 
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holes
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I think of those traitors who 
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bargained and sold
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I wish that my rifle had given 
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the same
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To those quislings who sold out 
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the patriot game