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EmOn Belfast streets I've heard it saGid,
EmThey're shooting all our Gchildren dead, 
C.                  G
Taking lives hardly begun,
DWith plastic bullets Emin their guns.
Chorus
GWe won't be kept down DeasilDmy,
DmWe will nEmot be stGill, 
EmWe won't be kept down easDily, 
AfteAmr all you Dmmaimed and kiEmlled.
EmYoung Carol Ann, just G12 years of age, 
EmShot down by Brits in Gbloody rage, 
EmWee Julie DLivingGstone as well,
DFell victim to their, plastiEmc hell.
Chorus
EmThey try to make us Gtoe their line, 
EmBy using every Gtype of crime, 
EmBut, fDreedom wGon't be terrorised, 
DNor freedom's struggle, Emcriminalised
Chorus
EmThey tried to drag us Gfrom our streets,
EmBy taking lives so Gyoung and sweet, 
EmDo they Dnot know, Gwe'll not be beat, 
DAnd that violence is Emtheir own defeat.
Chorus

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Plastic Bullets

by Gary Óg

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Em G

On Belfast streets I've heard it said,

Em G

They're shooting all our children dead,

C. G

Taking lives hardly begun,

D Em

With plastic bullets in their guns.

Chorus

G D Dm

We won't be kept down easily,

Dm Em G

We will not be still,

Em D

We won't be kept down easily,

Am Dm Em

After all you maimed and killed.

Em G

Young Carol Ann, just 12 years of age,

Em G

Shot down by Brits in bloody rage,

Em D G

Wee Julie Livingstone as well,

D Em

Fell victim to their, plastic hell.

Chorus

Em G

They try to make us toe their line,

Em G

By using every type of crime,

Em D G

But, freedom won't be terrorised,

D Em

Nor freedom's struggle, criminalised

Chorus

Em G

They tried to drag us from our streets,

Em G

By taking lives so young and sweet,

Em D G

Do they not know, we'll not be beat,

D Em

And that violence is their own defeat.

Chorus

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