The Peoples Own Mp
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
G Em C G
How many more must die now,how many must we lose
G Em D G
Before the island people, their own destiny can choose
C G D
From immortal Robert Emmet to Bobby Sands M.P.
G Em D G
Who was given 30,000 votes while in captivity
[Chorus]
C G D
He was a poet and a soldier, he died courageously
G Em D G
And we gave him 30,000 votes whilst in captivity
[Verse 2]
G Em C G
Thomas Ashe, He gave everything in 1917
G Em D G
The lord mayor of Cork, Mc Sweeney died for his freedom to obtain
C G D
But never one of all our dead died more courageously
G Em D G
Than young Bobby Sands from Twinbrook, the people's own M.P.
[Chorus]
C G D
He was a poet and a soldier, he died courageously
G Em D G
And we gave him 30,000 votes whilst in captivity
[Verse 3]
G Em C G
No more he'll hear the lark's sweet notes upon the Ulster air
G Em D G
Or gaze upon the snowflake pure to calm his deep despair
C G D
Before he went on hunger strike young Bobby did compose
G Em D G
The Rhythm of time the weeping winds and the sleeping rose
[Chorus]
C G D
He was a poet and a soldier, he died courageously
G Em D G
And we gave him 30,000 votes whilst in captivity
[Verse 4]
G Em C G
Forever we'll remember him that man who died in pain
G Em D G
That his country North and South might be united once again
C G D
To mourn him is to organise and build a movement strong
G Em D G
With ballot box and armalite with music and with song
[Chorus]
C G D
He was a poet and a soldier, he died courageously
G Em D G
And we gave him 30,000 votes whilst in captivity
C G D
Ohhhh a poet and a soldier, he died courageously
G Em D G
And we gave him 30,000 votes whilst in captivity
How to play The Peoples Own Mp
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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