[Em] As the sun rises
high
in the eastern sky
and[Am] settles down in
the west
[D] Men hungering for
freedom
are [Em] dying in Long
Kesh
[Em] So they told the
Iron Maiden
[Am]Maggie I’ll
tell ya true,
We’ll [D] die before
We suffer one more
[Em] indignity from you
[Em] We won’t wear
Your prison clothes
[Am]Like thugs or murderers
here
We D] wait in our cells
in blankets,
To cause the [Em] whole
dammed world to hear,
[Em] Of confessions gained
by torture,
Children[Am] murdered
in the streets
Like a[D]
Phoenix
The Irish spirit rises
[Em]]We’ll not know
defeat.
Denied a trial by jury
Arrested without cause
You’re thin façade
of civility
Has shown so many flaws
Maggie, the whole worlds
Watchin’ now
How you run the Maze.
May the dying face of
Bobby Sands
Haunt you all your days
[Em] As the sun rises
high
in the eastern sky
and[Am] settles down in
the west
[D] Men hungering for
freedom
are [Em] dying in Long
Kesh
copyright Ken McGee 1981
www.kenmcgee.net
