The Wolfe Tones - Joe mcdonnell

O me ^Gname is Joe McDonnell, from ^CBelfast town I ^Gcame That ^Ccity I will ^Gnever see agai^Dn For ^Gin the town of Belfast I spent^C many happy ^Gdays I ^Clove that town in ^Goh so many ^Dways For it's ^Amthere I ^Cspent my ^Amchildhood and ^Cfound for me a ^Gwife I ^Amthen set out to ^Cmake for ^Gher a li^Dfe But ^Gall my young ambitions met with ^Cbitterness and ^Ghate I soon ^Cfound myself ^Ginside a prison ^Dgate

And you da^Amre ca^Cll me a te^Amrrorist while yo^Cu look down your gu^Gn When I th^Amink of all the de^Ceds that yo^Gu have do^Dne You had pl^Gundered many nations divided many lands You had te^Crrorised their pe^Amoples you ruled wi^Cth an iron ha^Dnd And you br^Gought this reign of te^Crror to my la^Dnd

Through those ma^Gny months internment In the M^Caidstone and the Maz^Ge I thou^Cght about my la^Gnd throughout those da^Dys Why my coun^Gtry was divided, why ^CI was now in ja^Gil Impri^Csoned without cri^Gme or without ^Dtrial And th^Amough I l^Cove my cou^Amntry I am n^Cot a bitter m^Gan I've seen cr^Amuelty and inj^Custice at f^Girst h^Dand So then one fa^Amteful mo^Crning I s^Amhook bold fr^Ceedom's h^Gand For right^C or wrong I'd^G try to free my ^Dland

And you da^Amre ca^Cll me a te^Amrrorist while yo^Cu look down your gu^Gn When I th^Amink of all the de^Ceds that yo^Gu have do^Dne You had pl^Gundered many nations divided many lands You had te^Crrorised their pe^Amoples you ruled wi^Cth an iron ha^Dnd And you br^Gought this reign of te^Crror to my la^Dnd

Then one c^Gold October morning tra^Cpped in a lion's ^Gden I fou^Cnd myself in pr^Gison once agai^Dn I was com^Gmitted to the H-blocks for fou^Crteen years or m^Gore Oh the Bl^Cankest the con^Gditions they were po^Dor Then a hu^Amnger str^Cike we ^Amdid commence f^Cor the dignity of ^Gman But it se^Amemed to me that ^Cno one ga^Gve a dam^Dn But n^Gow, I'm a saddened man I've watc^Ched my comrades^G die If on^Cly people car^Ged or wondered w^Dhy

And you da^Amre ca^Cll me a te^Amrrorist while yo^Cu look down your gu^Gn When I th^Amink of all the de^Ceds that yo^Gu have do^Dne You had pl^Gundered many nations divided many lands You had te^Crrorised their pe^Amoples you ruled wi^Cth an iron ha^Dnd And you br^Gought this reign of te^Crror to my la^Dnd

May God sh^Gine on you Bobby Sands for the co^Curage you have sh^Gown May your g^Clory and your f^Game be widely ^Dknown And Fr^Gancis Hughes and R^Cay McCreesh who d^Gied unselfishly And Pa^Ctsy O Hara and the n^Gext in line is ^Dme And t^Amhose who l^Cie beh^Amind me may you're c^Courage be the s^Game And I p^Amray to God my l^Cife is ^Gnot in v^Dain Ah but s^Gad and bitter was the y^Cear of 19^G81 For ^Ceverything I've l^Gost and nothing's wo^Dn