Chords for Ninety Miles from Dublin

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ Well, I'm ninety miles [Em] from Dublin town, [G] I'm in an [D] H block cell, _
To help you [G] understand [Bm] me polite, The story now I'll tell. _ _
[D] I'm on the blanket [G] _ [D] protest, [Bm] My efforts [F#m] must not [G] fail,
_ For [D] I'm joined [Em] by men [G] and women, In [D] the Keshe [G] and Harma [D] jail. _ _
_ _ _ Well, it all began [Em] one morning, [G] I was dragged through [D]
Castle Whale,
_ And though it was [G] three [D] years ago, [Bm] It seems like [G] yesterday,
_ _ [D] For three days kicked [G] and [D] beaten, [Bm] I then [A] was forced [G] to sign,
_ _ [D] Confessions [Em] that [G] convicted me, [D] Of deeds [G] that were not [D] mine. _ _ _ _ _
Then since then, [Em] at Ziplock Court, [G]
My protest, it [D] began.
I could not wear [G] their prison [D] gear, [Bm] I [D] was a [G] blanket man. _
[D] I'll not accept [G] their [D] status, [Bm] I'll not be _ [G] criminalized, _ _
[D] _ [Em] That's the issue [G] in the blocks, [D] For which [G] we give [D] our lives. _
_ _ _ _ _ Over [Em] there in London [G] town, Oh how they'd [D] laugh and sneer,
_ If they could [G] only [D] make us wear, [Bm] Their lonesome prison [G] gear.
_ _ [D] _ Prisoners of war, [G] that's [D] what we are, [Bm] And that's we must [G] remain.
The [D] _ [Em] blanket protest [G] cannot [D] end, Till the status [G] we [D] regain.
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_ _ _ I've been beaten round [Em] the Romper Room, [G] Because I [D] won't say sir.
_ I've been frog-marched [G] down the London, [Bm] And dragged [D] back by [G] the hair.
_ I've [D] suffered _ _
[G] _ [D] degradation, _ [Bm] _ Humility [G] and pain.
_ [D] Still the spirit [Em] does [G] not falter, [D] British [G] torture is [D] in vain. _ _ _ _ _
I've been held in [Em] scalded water, [G] While my back was [D] dextrums restored. _
I've been scratched and cut, [G] From [D] head to foot, [Bm] Then thrown out [G] on the floor. _ _
[D] I've suffered _ [G] murderous [D] searches, [Bm] Been probed by [G] drunken bears. _ _
[D] I've [Em] heard me [G] comrades cry and scream, [D] Then [G] utter useless [D] _ prayers. _
_ _ _ _ Now with the [Em] news that's coming in, [G] Our protest must [D] not fail.
_ For now we're [G] joined by [D] thirty girls, [Bm] In our _ [G] Muslim's jail.
_ _ [D] So pay [G] attention [D] Irish men, [Bm] And Irish women [G] too.
_ [D] And show [Em] the Free [G] State rulers, That [D] their silence will not do. _ _ _ _ _
Though it's ninety miles from Dublin, _
[G] It seems so [D] far away. _ _
There's more [G] attention to [D] our plight, In the [G] USA. _ _
[D] So now you've [G] heard the [D] story, [Bm] This filthy [G] eleven hell. _ _
[D] _ Remember [Em] ninety [G] miles away, [D] I'm still [G] in an H [D]-block cell. _
_ Remember ninety miles away, [G] I'm still in an H [D]-block cell. _
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