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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1859667,"song":"Patriot Game","artist":"Liam Clancy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11413780-patriot-game-chords-by-liam-clancy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1859667?type=chord","rating":4.72729,"votes":105,"content":"Liam Clancy - Patriot Game\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 1st Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome all ye young rebels, and list while I sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the love of one's country___ is a terrible thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt banishes fear with the speed of a flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it makes us all a part of the patriot game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy name is O'Hanlon and I've just gone sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy home is in Monaghan, where I was weaned[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've learned all my life, cruel England to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd so I'm a part of the patriot game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's nearly two years since I wandered away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith the local battalion___ of the bold IRA[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've read of our heroes, and I wanted the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo play out my part in the patriot game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey told me how Connolly was shot in the chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis wounds from the battle all bleeding and bare[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis fine body twisted, all battered and lame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey soon made me part of the patriot game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis Ireland of ours has for long been half free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSix counties are under John Bull's tyranny[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I gave up my boyhood___ to drill and to train[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo play my own part in the patriot game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6:]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now as I lie here, my body all holes[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI think of those traitors who bargained and sold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wish that my rifle had given the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo those quislings who sold out the patriot game[/tab]","plain_text":"Liam Clancy - Patriot Game\n\n\nCAPO: 1st Fret\n\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] C  G  D  G\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6:]","chords":["C","G","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}