Verse 1 G5 C5 G5 O me name is Joe McDonnell, from Belfast town I came C5 G5 D5 That city I will never see again G5 C5 G5 For in the town of Belfast I spent many happy days C5 G5 D5 I love that town in oh so many ways A5 C5 A5 C5 G5 For it's there I spent my childhood and found for me a wife A5 C5 G5 D5 I then set out to make for her a life G5 C5 G5 But all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate C5 G5 D5 I soon found myself inside a prison gate Chorus A5 C5 A5 C5 G5 And you dare call me a terrorist while you look down your gun A5 C5 G5 D5 When I think of all the deeds that you have done G5 You had plundered many nations divided many lands C5 A5 C5 D5 You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand G5 C5 D5 And you brought this reign of terror to my land