Chords for Michael Collins

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_ I remember well my father tell me [F] stories of before
_ [Am] Of the rises [Gm] and rebellions [F] which [C] Gerald's and Wolfe's own
The land wars and the slumlords, imperial [F] penal law
[Am] How a million died [G] of hunger [F] from the great hunger [C] of the moor
_ _ My father died an old man [F] when I was just a boy
[Am] And he says to me [Gm] now Michael, [F]
all right before [C] he died
_ One day you'll be a great man with [F] a hunger in your heart
[Am] You'll do great things [Gm] for your country, [F] you'll try and [C] win her back
Oh [Am] my name is Michael Collins [C] from the rebel [F] county _ Cork
[Am] When I left an [C] Irish vocation hell [F] to stand up and to talk
[Am] I went toe to toe with an empire [C] with a pen in [F] my _ _ hand
[Gm] And I signed my life away [C] for royal land _
_ Let's not ponder on the past, [F] we can build a better future
[Am] We can make a [Gm] difference last, [G] redefine our [C] ways and culture
For a hundred years have gone, and the [G] present's just behind us
[Am] Here's to history [Gm] we prolong, [F] for tomorrow's [C] only rising
Oh my [A] name is Michael Collins [C] from the rebel county [F] _ _
Cork
When [Am] I left an [C] Irish vocation [F] hell to stand up and to talk
[Am] I went toe to toe with an empire [C] with a pen in [F] my _ hand
[Gm] And I signed my life away for [C] royal land
_ _ _ [F] Oh Ireland you beauty, well [Am] I hope you _ [Gm] understand
[F] My grave for this country is the [Am] people [Gm] and the land
Well [F] I tried to end the tyranny [C] of 800 [Am] years
And [Gm] then the empire got down on one and they built two [Am] Irish piers
Oh my name is Michael Collins [C] from the rebel [F] county Cork
_ [Am] When I left an [C] Irish vocation hell [F] to stand up and to talk
[Am] I went toe to toe with an empire [C] with a pen in [F] my hand
_ [Gm] And I signed my life away for [F] this _ land
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [F] This land
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] And I signed my life away, [Gm] signed my life away
_ Signed my life away for [Am] royal _ land _ _ _ _ _