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)