{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":951370,"song":"The Sam Song","artist":"Éire Óg","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11009750-the-sam-song-tab-by-eire-og/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/951370?type=tab","rating":4.86611,"votes":30,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I have been a Provo now for 15 years or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith armalites and mortar bombs I thought I knew the score[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut now we have a weapon we've never used before[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Brits are looking worried and they're going to worry more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSam missiles in the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI started off with petrol bombs and throwing bricks and stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith a hundred more lads like me I never was alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut soon I learned that bricks and stones won't drive the Brits away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't long before I joined the I.R.A.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSam missiles in the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen there came internment in the year of '71[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe Brits thought we were beaten, that we were on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn that early August morning they kicked in our door[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut for every man they took away, they missed a hundred more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSam missiles in the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI spent eight years in the cages, I had time to think and plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor though they locked away a boy, I walked away a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there's only one thing I learned while in their cell I lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Brits will never leave us, until they're blown away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSam missiles in the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll through the days of hunger strike I watched my comrades die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile in the streets of Belfast you hear the women cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can't forget the massacre that Friday at Loughgall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI salute my fallen comrades, as I watch the choppers fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSam missiles in the sky[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","G","C","E","F","A"]}