The Patriot Game by Dominic Behan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan




      G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)          GCome (320003@1)all ye young rebels, and list while I sing,
         D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)      GFor (320003@1)the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)           Bm (x24432@1)       EmIt (022000@1)banishes fear with the speed of a flame
       G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)it makes us all part of the patriot game.


   G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)            GMy (320003@1)name is O'Hanlon, and I've just turned sixteen.
    D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)         GMy (320003@1)home is in Monaghan, where I was weaned.
   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)        Bm (x24432@1)       EmI (022000@1)learned all my life cruel England to blame,
    G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     GSo (320003@1)now I am part of the patriot game.


       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)            GThis (320003@1)Ireland of ours has too long been half free;
     D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        Bm (x24432@1)        GSix (320003@1)counties lie under John Bull's tyranny.
     D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)      EmBut (022000@1)still De Valera is greatly to blame
    G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     GFor (320003@1)shirking his part in the patriot game.


      G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          GThey (320003@1)told me how Connolly was shot in his chair,
     D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)        GHis (320003@1)wounds from the fighting all bloody and bare.
     D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)          EmHis (022000@1)fine body twisted, all battered and lame;
      G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GThey (320003@1)soon made me part of the patriot game.


   G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)       GI (320003@1)don't mind a bit if I shoot down police
          D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)        Bm (x24432@1)         GThey (320003@1)are lackeys for war, never guardians of peace
    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)      EmAnd (022000@1)yet at deserters I'm never let aim
     G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      GThe (320003@1)rebels who sold out the patriot game.


      G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)     GIt's (320003@1)nearly two years since I wandered away
          D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)              Bm (x24432@1)  GWith (320003@1)the local battalion of the bold IRA,
      D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)           Bm (x24432@1)       EmI've (022000@1)read of our heroes, and I wanted the same,
    G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     GTo (320003@1)play out my part in the patriot game.


     G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GAnd (320003@1)now as I lie here, my body all holes,
   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)           GI (320003@1)think of those traitors who bargained in souls
      D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)      EmAnd (022000@1)I wish that my rifle had given the same
          G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)    GTo (320003@1)those quislings who sold out the patriot game.


(this is my first UG submission so please rate and comment if made a mistake. thanks)