The Patriot Game Dominic Behan
The Patriot Game by Dominic Behan
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Come a[G]ll ye yo[C]ung rebel[G]s, and li[D]st while I si[G]ng,
For the l[D]ove of one's c[G]ountry is a t[Bm]errible th[G]ing.
It b[D]anishes f[G]ear with the s[Bm]peed of a f[Em]lame
And it [G]makes us all p[C]art [G]of the [D]patriot [G]game.
My [G]name is O'[C]Hanl[G]on, and I've j[D]ust turned sixt[G]een.
My h[D]ome is in M[G]onaghan, w[Bm]here I was we[G]aned.
I l[D]earned all my l[G]ife cruel E[Bm]ngland to b[Em]lame,
So n[G]ow I am p[C]art o[G]f the p[D]atriot g[G]ame.
This Ir[G]eland of o[C]urs h[G]as too lo[D]ng been half fr[G]ee;
Six c[D]ounties lie u[G]nder John B[Bm]ull's tyrann[G]y.
But s[D]till De Va[G]lera is gr[Bm]eatly to b[Em]lame
For [G]shirking his p[C]art [G]in the p[D]atriot g[G]ame.
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They t[G]old me how C[C]onnol[G]ly was s[D]hot in his ch[G]air,
His w[D]ounds from the f[G]ighting all b[Bm]loody and ba[G]re.
His f[D]ine body t[G]wisted, all b[Bm]attered and la[Em]me;
They s[G]oon made me p[C]art o[G]f the pa[D]triot g[G]ame.
I d[G]on't mind a b[C]it i[G]f I sh[D]oot down p[G]olice
They are l[D]ackeys for w[G]ar, never g[Bm]uardians of p[G]eace
And [D]yet at des[G]erters I'm n[Bm]ever let a[Em]im
The r[G]ebels who s[C]old o[G]ut the p[D]atriot ga[G]me.
It's n[G]early two y[C]ears s[G]ince I wa[D]ndered a[G]way
With the l[D]ocal b[G]attalion of the b[Bm]old IR[G]A,
I've r[D]ead of our h[G]eroes, and I w[Bm]anted the s[Em]ame,
To p[G]lay out my p[C]art [G]in the p[D]atriot g[G]ame.
And n[G]ow as I l[C]ie h[G]ere, my b[D]ody all h[G]oles,
I t[D]hink of those t[G]raitors who [Bm]bargained in so[G]uls
And I [D]wish that my r[G]ifle had g[Bm]iven the s[Em]ame
To those q[G]uislings who s[C]old [G]out the pat[D]riot ga[G]me.
(this is my first UG submission so please rate and comment if made a mistake. thanks)
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