{"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":2281681,"song":"Sam Jenkins","artist":"Damien Dempsey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11478984-sam-jenkins-chords-by-damien-dempsey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2281681?type=chord","rating":4.78466,"votes":3,"content":"Sam Jenkins                                                     Damien Dempsey - Soulsun 2017\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy name it is Sam Jenkins I come from old Whitington Hill  [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy people bow their heads down to the Lord of the manor still.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI grew up mean and hungry, dirty and poor and sick[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI tried my best for not to steal, too afraid of the Van Diemen ships[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the only road to money it was the road to the army gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI took that road in ’45 with a gang of my Staffordshire mates[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were shipped across to Ireland some rebellions for to quell[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStationed North of Galway in a landscape that mirrored hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen we sailed into Galway before my head and pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will never forget the skeletons with a crazed look in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd their little children wailing as hunger ate them alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I realised what I was doing there, with the shame I nearly died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe food removal regiments, we were there to guard the food[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBeing shipped each day to England while the starving they were subdued[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey said we needed the food more, for our hungry boys abroad[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the Irish apes who farmed it they weren’t men in the eyes of the lord[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy dear friend Billy Cooper he couldn’t console himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom a cherry tree in the back field he was hanging by his belt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the 41st foot regiment, just north of Galway town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI felt myself the servent of a devil in a crown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI disobeyed an order, I refused to shoot a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow stripped of my gun and uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI am bound for Van Diemen's land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou rogues who rule Britannia[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMay you burn in hell for good[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUs poor we do your dirty work[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen you dine on our flesh and blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[END]\r\nAll the lies, all of our lives\r\nAll the pain, abuse and shame\r\nTell the truth to the youth\r\nAnd forgive, but never forget\r\nForgive, but never forget\r\n\r\nAll the lies, all of our lives\r\nAll the pain, tears like rain\r\nTell the truth to the youth\r\nAnd forgive, but never forget\r\nForgive, but never forget","plain_text":"Sam Jenkins                                                     Damien Dempsey - Soulsun 2017\n\n[Intro]\n        D       G\n        D       G\n        D       G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n \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\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[END]\nAll the lies, all of our lives\nAll the pain, abuse and shame\nTell the truth to the youth\nAnd forgive, but never forget\nForgive, but never forget\n\nAll the lies, all of our lives\nAll the pain, tears like rain\nTell the truth to the youth\nAnd forgive, but never forget\nForgive, but never forget","chords":["D","G","A","Em","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}