Joe McDonnell lyrics Chords

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Oh, me name is Joe MacDonald, _ [G] from Belfast town [D] I came, _
[G] That city I will [D] never see [A] _ again. _ _ _ _
[D] For in the town of Belfast I [G] spent many [D] happy days,
[G] I love that town [D] in oh so many [A] _ ways. _ _ _ _
[Em] For it's there [G] I spent [D] my [G] childhood, and found for me [D] a wife,
[Em] I then [G] set out [D] to make for her [A] a life. _ _ _ _
[D] But all my young ambitions _ [G] met with bitterness [D] and hate,
I [G] soon found myself [D] inside a prison _
[A] gate.
_ _ _ _ And [Em] you dare [G] to call [D] me a [G] terrorist, [Em] while you [G] put down [D] your gun,
When [Em] I think [G] of all [D] the deeds that you [A] have done.
_ _ _ _ You [D] have plundered _ many nations, _ _ divided many _ lands,
You [G] have _ terrorised their peoples, you rule with an iron [A] hand.
And you [D] brought [F#m] this reign [Bm] of terror [D] to [A] my land,
_ _ _ Through [D] those many months' internment in [G] the mavestone and the [D] _ maze,
[G] I thought about my [D] land throughout [A] those days,
_ _ _ Why [D] my country was divided, _ [G] why I was now in [D] jail, _ _
[G] _ Imprisoned without [D] trial or without [A] cry. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And though I [G] love my country, I [Em] am not [G] a bitter _ [D] man,
I've [Em] seen cruelty [G] and [D] injustice at [A] first hand.
_ _ _ So [D] then one faithful morning, _ [G] I shook bold [D] freedom's hand, _
[G] For right or wrong, [D] I'd try to free [A] my land.
_ _ _ _ And [Em] you dare to [G] call me a terrorist, while [Em] you [G] put down your [D] gun,
When [Em] I think [G] of all [D] the deeds that you have [A] done.
_ _ _ _ You [D] have plundered _ many nations, divided _ many _ lands,
You [G] have _ terrorised their peoples, you rule with an iron [A] _ hand.
And you [D] brought [A] this reign of [D] terror to [A]
my land.
_ _ _ [D] Then one cold October's _ morning, [G] trapped in a lion's [D] den, _ _
[G] I found myself [D] imprisoned once [A] again.
_ _ _ _ I [D] was committed to the hate blocs [G] for fourteen [D] years or more,
[G] And the blanket, their [D] conditions, they [A] were poor. _ _ _ _
[Em] At a hunger [G] strike, we did commence [Em] for the [G] dignity [D] of man, _
[Em] But it seemed [G] to me [D] that no one gave [A] a damn. _ _ _ _
[D] But now I am a [Bm] saddened man, [G] I've watched my comrades [D] die, _
[G] If only _ [D] people cared or [A] wondered why. _ _ _ _
[Em] And you dare to [G] call me a terrorist, [Em] while you [G] put down [D] your gun,
[Em] When I think [G] of [D] all the deeds that you [A] have done.
_ You _ _ [D] have plundered many nations, _ divided _ many lands,
[G] You have _ terrorised their peoples, you rule with an iron [A] hand.
And [D] you brought this [F#m] reign [Bm] of terror [D] to [A] my land. _ _ _ _
[D] May God shine on you for these signs, [G] for the courage you [D] have shown, _
[G] May your glory and your [D] fame be [A] widely known. _ _ _ _
[D] I'm Francis Hughes, I'm Dwayne McCreach, [G] who died _ _ [D] unselfishly, _
And [G] Patsey, Ohio, [D] the next in line [A] is me. _ _ _ _
[Em] And those who [G] lie behind me, [Em] may your courage [G] be the [D] _ same,
[Em] And I pray to [G] God [D] my life is not [A] in vain. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Abbotsford was the year [G] of _ _ [D] 1981, _ _
[G] For everything [D] I've lost and all things [A] won. _ _ _ _ _ _
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