Joe Mcdonnell chords by The Wolfe Tones

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

THE WOLFE TONES
JOE McDONNELL

Verse 1:
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O me name is Joe McDonnell, from Belfast town I came
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That city I will never see again
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For in the town of Belfast I spent many happy days
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I love that town in oh so many ways
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For it's there I spent my childhood and found for me a wife
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I then set out to make for her a life
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But all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate
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I soon found myself inside a prison gate

Chorus:

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And you dare call me a terrorist while you look down your gun
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When I think of all the deeds that you have done
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You had plundered many nations divided many lands
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You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
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And you brought this reign of terror to my land


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Through those many months internment In the Maidstone and the Maze
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I thought about my land throughout those days
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Why my country was divided, why I was now in jail
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Imprisoned without crime or without trial
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And though I love my country I am not a bitter man
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I've seen cruelty and injustice at first hand
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So then one fateful morning I shook bold freedom's hand
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For right or wrong I'd try to free my land

Chorus:
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And you dare call me a terrorist while you look down your gun
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When I think of all the deeds that you have done
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You had plundered many nations divided many lands
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You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
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And you brought this reign of terror to my land


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Then one cold October morning trapped in a lion's den
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I found myself in prison once again
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I was committed to the H-blocks for fourteen years or more
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Oh the Blankest the conditions they were poor
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Then a hunger strike we did commence for the dignity of man
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But it seemed to me that no one gave a damn
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But now, I'm a saddened man I've watched my comrades die
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If only people cared or wondered why

Chorus:


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And you dare call me a terrorist while you look down your gun
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When I think of all the deeds that you have done
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You had plundered many nations divided many lands
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You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
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And you brought this reign of terror to my land

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May God shine on you Bobby Sands for the courage you have shown
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May your glory and your fame be widely known
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And Francis Hughes and Ray McCreesh who died unselfishly
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And Patsy O Hara and the next in line is me
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And those who lie behind me may you're courage be the same
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And I pray to God my life is not in vain
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Ah but sad and bitter was the year of 1981
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For everything I've lost and nothing's won