{"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":4236001,"song":"Remembering Brendan Darkie Hughes","artist":"Stíofan","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11152669-remembering-brendan-darkie-hughes-tab-by-stiofan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/4236001?type=tab","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"This is played in DADGAD tuned up a half step in the video but I transcribed to standard chords to make it\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh darkie dear we used to hear, you talk of days gone by[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOf the awful past and the friends you've lost, why they chose to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI heard of hell in a h-block cell, all those things they put you through,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nplease tell us why, before you die, why you you did those things you do,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWell son I fought, for freedom and the dignity of man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor a land that we could carve from stone, and on destiny we planned,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI put my faith in comrades first, and leaders only then,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd like dogs we rose, from the divis streets, like gods and fighting men[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWell we lashed out at, the enemy, on those rainy Belfast streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe suffered too, we lost our best, but we learned from our defeats[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWith bombs we changed the Belfast maps, for we knew no other move,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd when those English coffins passed, like comrades we'd salute[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut they came for me, one morning and they battered me in rage[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey kicked me round those narrow streets then they dragged me to their cage,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere I lived with Tommy Toland and the gallant Bobby Sands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe dreamt of Irish freedom there, we'd sing and make our plans[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut barely one year later, I escaped into the night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI didnt lie low on the run, sure I had a war to fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI lived in leafy suburbs, where those enemies pleased will,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd early one morning I arose and I gave them hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut hunted night and morning, I was captured once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd sentenced to the H-blocks, I returned to tortured men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd lableled now as gangsters, by the servants of the crown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe wrapped ourselves in blankets, and prepared to face them down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh son I hope you never feel, the pain that we went through,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFreezing cold in our own waste, we were battered black and blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI heard brave men cry out to god, sure I held them as they cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand I felt my heart burst out my skin, as our hunger strikers died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut when my war was over, I returned to Divis tower[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd it hurt to see my comrades change, in their scramble to take power,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nInstead I worked on a building site for a hundred pounds a week[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I asked myself, what was it all for, if my neighbours were still weak[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo son I leave you with this thought, and I'll pass into the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I hope you know I done my best, I did what I thought was right[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI hope that God will understand if what I did was wrong,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStay true to you, the republic too,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nForget me and move on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStay true to you, the republic too,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nForget me and move on[/tab]","plain_text":"This is played in DADGAD tuned up a half step in the video but I transcribed to standard chords to make it\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]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","D","A","Bm"]}