Chords for Pat McHugh and Celtic Rebels 90 miles from Dublin town

_ A man's feelings and thoughts while on the blanket protest way back in 1981.
_ Beautiful song called I'm 90 Miles from Dublin Town. _ _
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_ _ _ _ I'm 90 _ [E] miles [G] from Dublin _ town, [D] I'm in my [Em] H [D] block cell.
_ _ To _ [D] help you _ [G]
understand my plight, the story _ I [B] will tell.
_ _ _ [D]
I'm on the blanket [G] _ protest [D] _ and my _ efforts must [B] not _ fail. _
For I'm joined by _ [G] men and women _ in [D] the Kesh in [G] _
[Em] Arma [D] _ jail. _ _
It all began one [G] morning _ I [D] was dragged [G] to [Em] Castle [D] Ray. _ _ _
_ Although [E] it [F] was [G] three years [D] ago, it seems like _
[C] _ [B] yesterday. _ _ _
[D] For three days kicked [G] and _ [D] beaten, _ I then was [C] forced [B] to sign. _ _
[D] _ _ _ Confessions [E] that [G] _ convicted _ me [D] of _ [A] crimes that were [D] not _ mine. _
_ _ _ _ Sentenced [F] [G] in a diplo court, [D] my _ [G] protest [Em] it [D] _ began. _ _
I would [A] not [F] wear [G] their prison [D] gear, _ I am a _
[C] [B] blanket man. _ _
[D] I _ won't _
[F] [G] accept their [E] status, _ [D]
I will _ not be [Dm] _ _ [Bm] criminalized. _ _
_ [D] For that's the [E] [G] issue in the blocks [D] for which we [G] _
[Em] gave [D] our lives. _
_ Now _ [E] over there [G] in London _ town, [D] oh how [G] they'd [Em] laugh [D] and cheer. _
_ If only _ [Em] they could make [D] us wear their _ lonesome [C#m] [C] prison [B] _ gear. _
_ _ [D] _ Prisoners of [E] [G] war is [Em] what we [D]
are and that we _
[C] must [B] remain. _ _
[D] The blanket _ _
[E] _ [G] protest cannot _ end, the [D] status _ [G]
is [A] _ [D] regained. _ _
I've been beaten [E] _
round [G] the rumper room _ [D] because I [Em]
won't [D] say yes. _ _
I've been frog [E] marched [C#] down [G] the _ [D] landing, _ then dragged back [C] by [B] the hair. _ _
[D] I've suffered _ _ _
[F] _ [G] degradation, _ [D] _ _
_ humility _ _ [C] and [B] the pain. _
Still [D] my spirit _ _ does [G] not falter, _ British [D] _ torture [G] _
[Em] is [D] in vain. _ _
I've been held and _ [G] scalded in water _ while [D] my back was [G]
scrubbed and [D] torn. _ _ _
I've been cut and [Em] _
scratched from head to [D] foot, then thrown out [C] on the [Bm] floor. _ _ _
[D] I've [A] suffered _ [G] mirror _ _ searches, been _ probed by _ [Bm] drunken bears. _ _
[D] I've heard my _ [G] comrades cry and scream, [D] then utter _ [G] useless [D] prayers. _ _ _
Now with [E] the news [G] that's coming _ round, [D] our protest [G] must [D]
not fail. _ _
For now [A] we're joined by [G] [Em] thirty _ [D] girls in our maw _ [Bm]
women's jail.
_ _ [D] So pay _ [E] _ attention [G] _ [Em] Irish [D] men and _ Irish [N] women