The Patriot Game Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 1st Fret

[INTRO]
[C] [G] [D] [G]

[VERSE 1]
Come all ye [C]young [G]rebels, and [D]list while I [G]sing
For the [D]love of one's [G]country[C]___ is a [G]terrible [Em]thing
It [D]banishes [G]fear [C]with the [G]speed of a [Em]flame
And it [G]makes us all a [C]part [G]of the [D]patriot [G]game

[VERSE 2]
My [C]name is O'[G]Hanlon and I've [D]just gone six[G]teen
My [D]home is in [G]Mona[C]ghan, [G]where I was [Em]weaned
I've [D]learned all my [G]life, [C]cruel [G]England to [Em]blame
And [G]so I'm a [C]part [G]of the [D]patriot [G]game

[VERSE 3]
It's nearly two [C]years [G]since I [D]wandered a[G]way
With the [D]local bat[G]talion[C]___ of the [G]bold IR[Em]A
I've [D]read of our [G]heroes,[C] and I [G]wanted the [Em]same
To [G]play out my [C]part [G]in the [D]patriot [G]game

[VERSE 4]
They [C]told me how [G]Connolly was [D]shot in the [G]chair
His [D]wounds from the [G]battle[C] all [G]bleeding and [Em]bare
His [D]fine body [G]twisted,[C] all [G]battered and [Em]lame
They [G]soon made me [C]part [G]of the [D]patriot [G]game

[VERSE 5]
This Ireland of [C]ours [G]has for [D]long been half [G]free
Six [D]counties are [G]under[C] John [G]Bull's tyran[Em]ny
So I [D]gave up my [G]boyhood[C]___ to [G]drill and to [Em]train
To [G]play my own [C]part [G]in the [D]patriot [G]game

[VERSE 6]
And now as I [C]lie [G]here, my [D]body all [G]holes
I [D]think of those [G]traitors[C] who [G]bargained in [Em]souls
I [D]wish that my [G]rifle[C] had [G]given the [Em]same
To those [G]quislings who [C]sold [G]out the [D]patriot [G]game