{"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":3065141,"song":"The Legend","artist":"Gary Óg","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11122497-the-legend-tab-by-gary-og/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/3065141?type=tab","rating":4.70057,"votes":13,"content":"The Legend (Mandela)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to see a legend just the other night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the Yankee Stadium, underneath the light.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard a man speaking after years and years in jail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis name it was Mandela and he came to tell his tale.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe crowd they cheered him loudly, ah, but then the silence fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs he spoke about the hard years in a South African cell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd though he was free, his heart was feelin' the pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor his country and his people were still a part of that shame.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said he hoped that we would join him and walk down freedom's path,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd these roads would be the hardest, oh, but they would be the last.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd to join our hands together so that we might be as one,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd to bring ourselves to the cause so his battle could be won.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went home to bed that evening, went to sleep and I had a dream.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was standing in the pouring rain, in an Irish field of green.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all around the headstones were the martyrs of the past.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood there in silence, and they spoke to me at last.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Kevin Barry is my name, and I died in a cell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey wanted the names of my comrades, oh, but this I would not tell.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"And I am Roger Casement. I was shot in London town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor bringing German rifles to the lonely Banna Strand.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"James Connolly is my name. The working people are my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they shot me down in Kilmainham Jail with strife.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"And I am Padraic Pearse. I was shot down by the foe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI read the proclamation at the steps of the GPO.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the last voice that I heard says, \"My name is Bobby Sands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's good to hear Mandela's words a-ringin' through the land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I want to hear them in Belfast, in Derry and Tyrone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe then those English soldiers will know it's time to go home.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI woke up in the morning. I remembered them all.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd who would believe that they'd knocked down the Berlin Wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I said \"Mandela, could this really be?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe now we will see Ireland reunited and free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe now we will see Ireland reunited and free.[/tab]","plain_text":"The Legend (Mandela)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["C","Em","F","G","Am"]}