Patriot Game chords by Liam Clancy

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
G+G         C9C9 G+G    D MajorD       G+G
Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing,
     C9C9       G+G      B minorBm    G+G
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
    C9C9  G+G   C9C9     B minorBm     G+G
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
           C9C9  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.


Verse 2:
G+G       C9C9 G+G      D MajorD        G+G
My name is O'Hanlon, and I've just turned sixteen.
  C9C9    G+G  C9C9     B minorBm    G+G
My home is in Monaghan, and where I was weaned
   C9C9      G+G  C9C9   B minorBm     G+G
I learned all my life cruel England's to blame,
       C9C9 G+G    D MajorD    G+G
So now I am part of the patriot game.

Verse 3:
G+G         C9C9 G+G    D MajorD       G+G
This Ireland of ours has too long been half free.
   C9C9     G+G C9C9    B minorBm    G+G
Six counties lie under John Bull's tyranny.
   C9C9    G+G C9C9   B minorBm     G+G
But still De Valera is greatly to blame
         C9C9 G+G    D MajorD    G+G
For shirking his part in the Patriot game.


Verse 4:
G+G         C9C9 G+G    D MajorD      G+G
They told me how Connolly was shot in his chair,
   C9C9       G+G C9C9     B minorBm    G+G
His wounds from the fighting all bloody and bare.
   C9C9     G+G C9C9     B minorBm     G+G
His fine body twisted, all battered and lame
          C9C9 G+G    D MajorD    G+G
They soon made me part of the patriot game.


Verse 5:
G+G         C9C9 G+G     D MajorD    G+G
It's nearly two years since I wandered away
      C9C9   G+G C9C9     B minorBm  G+G
With the local battalion of the bold IRA,
    C9C9     G+G C9C9    B minorBm     G+G
For I read of our heroes, and wanted the same
         C9C9 G+G    D MajorD     G+G
To play out my part in the patriot game.


Verse 6:
G+G       C9C9 G+G    D MajorD     G+G
And now as I lie here, my body all holes
  C9C9       G+G C9C9     B minorBm      G+G
I think of those traitors who bargained in souls
    C9C9     G+G C9C9    B minorBm     G+G
And I wish that my rifle had given the same
             C9C9 G+G    D MajorD     G+G
To those Quislings who sold out the patriot game.