Chords for Damien Dempsey "colony"

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_ _ _ I sing the song of the colony,
How many years and you still are not free,
[F#m] And your mother cries, _
_ And you ask God _ why.
_ Greed is the knife and the scars run deep,
How many races with much reason to weep,
And [F#m] your children cry, _ _ _
And you ask God _ why. _
[E] _ Annie, she came from Dunleaven town,
The TB came and killed her family all around,
[F#m] Population _ built, _ _
Eleven in two _ _ rooms.
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Katie, she came from downtown Dent Street,
Ten in a bed and no shoes on their feet,
[F#m] Nineteen sixteen came,
_ _ They played the Patriot game.
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Freddie, came from the Ivy Flats,
Tenement slums and infested with [F#m] rats,
Sleeping on damp straw,
_ _ Trying not to break their law.
_ _ _ [E] _ Thomas, he came from Kilmainham,
_ Semi starvation was the only life you'd know,
[C#m] With a two room shack,
_ _ Then jail didn't let her frat.
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_ _ _ I sing the song of the colony,
How many years and you still were not free,
[F#m] And your mother _ cries,
And _ you ask God _ _ [E] why.
_ Reed has the knife and the scars run deep,
How many races with much reason to weep,
And your [F#m] children _ cry,
And you ask _ God [F#] why. _
_ [E] I look to the east, I look to the west,
To the north and the south, and I'm not too impressed.
[F#m] Time after time, after crime, after crime,
They raped, robbed, pillaged, [A] enslaved and murdered.
Well Jesus [E] Christ was their God,
And they done it in his name,
So he could take their blame,
If it's not all a game.
With Bible in one hand, and the sword in the other,
They came to purify my land,
Of my Gaelic Irish mothers,
And fathers and sisters and brothers.
With our own ancient customs, laws, music, art,
Way of life [C#m] and culture, tribal and structure,
We had a civilization,
But they were still not on the thaw nations,
[E] And we suffer with the Native American,
The Indian and Asian, Aboriginal Australia,
The [F#] African people with their history so deep,
[F#m] And our children still weep,
And our lives are still cheap.
_ [E] You came from Germany, from France,
From England and from Spain,
From Belgium, Holland, Portugal,
You're all the much the same,
[F#] You took what was not yours,
[C#m] You went against your own Bible,
[F#m] You broke your own laws, just to outdo the rival.
But [E] did you ever apologize,
For the hundreds of millions of lives,
You destroyed and terrorized,
Have you never realized?
Did you [F#m] never feel shame,
For what was done in your country's name?
And find out who's to blame,
And why they were so inhumane,
And [E] still they teach you in your school,
About those glorious days of rule,
How it's your destiny to be,
Superior to me.
[F#m] But if you have any kind of mind,
You'll see that all humankind,
Are the children of this earth,
And your hate for them,
Will chew you up [E] and spit you out.
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_ _ _ _ [A] You'll never get [F#m] love,
Will to [E] be free,
To be free.
_ [A] You'll never get [F#m] love,
Will to [E] be free,
To be free.
_ [A] You'll never get [F#m] love,
Will to [E] be free,
To be free.
_ _ [A] Inside our minds,
[F#m] We hold,
[E] Hold the key. _
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