Botanic Endgame

Botanic Endgame - Michael Marra

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Notes: The song is based around a 
chess club meeting in Belfast with 
subversive humour coming from using
terminology more commonly used 
during "The Troubles". "Fraoich" is 
Gaelic for heather and is a female 
name
which can be pronounced a few ways 
usually depending on region but 
"Fray-och" or "Froo-ch" are used.
"Tiocfaidh ar la" means "our day 
will come" and was associated with 
many republican prisoners during
"The Troubles"...it is usually 
pronounced "Chuckah are lah" though 
again, regional variations exist.
The phrase which procedes it "No 
Surrender" was associated with 
unionists during the same times.

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Take a cab downtown and meet a man
        G       D              
 called Seamus, shake him by the 
                       A
hand tell him all is well
D                            G   
Rendezvous with Billy in the bar 
          D                     
you'll be shown to a room in the 
 A       D   Bm     D    G D     A
York Ho-tel

D                                 
These boys never heard of 
  G               D               
tentative gambits they're more or 
                      A
less nuttin' so you must take care
D                                 
They'll all have pieces and 
         G          D             
they'll all be frowning a-larm 
          A        D
clock ticking on a beer mat there

Bm
Half hearted Henno from the Crumlin 
Road sweet little Fraoich from the 
South Armagh
        D                          
And the one killed a bishop crying 
        G           D          
"No Sur-render" the other hits a 
                   A            D
knight and it's "Tiocfaidh ar la"

[Instrumental]
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Bm
Heavies from the falls and the 
Shankill Road one step forward and 
one to the side
          D                        
There's a big man coming all the 
       G       D                  
way from Derry a-nother who'll be 
          A         D
training it from Mala-hide

Bm
You can rely on Seamus, he'll make 
sure all is well
         D                   
But your constitution must be 
 G               D                
strong, for the chess club meeting
         A       D
 at the York Ho-tel