Joe Mcdonnell
The Wolfe Tones
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G Oh me name is Joe McDonnell, fromC G Belfast town I came,C G D That city I will never see again.G C For in the town of Belfast IG spent many happy days,C G D I love that town in oh so many ways.Am C Am For it's there I spent myC G childhood and found for me a wife,Am C G I then set out to make for her aD life.G But all my young ambitions, metC G with bitterness and hate,C G I soon found myself inside aD prison gate. ChorusAm C Am And you dare call me a terroristC G while you look down your gun,Am C When I think of all the deeds thatG D you have done.G You had plundered many nations divided many lands,C Am You had terrorised their people,C D you ruled with an iron hand,G And you brought this reign ofC D terror, to my land.G Through those many monthsC G internment in the maidstone and the maze,C G I thought about my land throughtD those days.G C Why my country was divided, why IG was now in jail,Continúa después del anuncioC G Imprisoned without crime orD without trial.Am C Am And though I love my country, I amC G not a bitter man,Am C G I've seen cruelty and injusticeD at first handG C So then one faithful morning IG shook bold freedom's handC G For right or wrong I'd tried toD free my land. ChorusAm C Am And you dare call me a terroristC G while you look down your gun,Am C When I think of all the deeds thatG D you have done.G You had plundered many nations divided many lands,C Am You had terrorised their people,C D you ruled with an iron hand,G And you brought this reign ofC D terror, to my land.G Then one cold October morning,C G trapped in a lion's den,C G D I found myself in prison once again.G I was committed to the H-Blocks,C G for 14 years or more,C G And the blanket, and condition,D they were poor.Am C Then a hunger strike we didAm C G commence, for the dignity of man,Am C G But it seemed to me that no oneD gave a dam.G But now I am a saddened man, IC G watched my comrades die,C G If only people cared or wonderedD why. ChorusAm C Am And you dare call me a terroristC G while you look down your gun,Am C When I think of all the deeds thatG D you have done.G You had plundered many nations divided many lands,C Am You had terrorised their people,C D you ruled with an iron hand,G And you brought this reign ofC D terror, to my land.G May God shine on you Bobby SandsC G for the courage you have shown,C G May your glory and your fame beD widely known.G And Francis Hughes and RayC G McCreesh, who died unselfishly,C G And Patsy O’Hara and the next inD line is me.G And those who lie behind me, mayC G your courage be the same,Am C G And I pray to God my life is notD in vain.G Ah but sad and bitter was the yearC G of 1981,C G For everything I've lost andD nothing's won.