These are chords by Sheena Mullan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
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[Verse 1] D Am C I’m ninety miles from Dublin G D G D Town I’m in a H-Block cell D F#m G To help you understand me D Am G plight this story now I’ll tell D F#m G D I’m on the Blanket Protest Am G my efforts must not fail D Am C For I’m joined by men and women G D G D in the Kesh and Armagh Gaol [Verse 2] D Am C G It all began one morning D G D I was dragged to Castlerea D F#m G And though it was three years D Am G ago it seems like yesterday D F#m G D For three days kicked and beaten Am G I then was forced to sign D Am C G Confessions that convicted me D G D of deeds that were not mine
[Verse 3] D Am C Sentenced in the Diplock G D G D courts my protest it began D F#m G I could not wear this prison D Am G gear I was a Blanket Man D F#m G D I’ll not accept the status Am G I’ll not be criminalised D Am C G That’s the issue in the Blocks D G D for which we give our lives [Verse 4] D Am C G Over there in London Town D G D how they’d laugh and sneer D F#m G D If they could only make us wear Am G their loathsome prison gear D F#m G Prisoners of War that's what D Am G we are and that we must remain D Am C The Blanket Protest must not G D G D end till status we regain
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[Verse 5]
D Am
I’ve been beaten round the
C G D
romper room because
G D
I won’t say sir
D F#m
I've been Frogmarched down
G D
the landing and dragged
Am G
back by the hair
D F#m G D
I’ve suffered degradation
Am G
humility and pain
D Am C G
Still spirit does not falter
D G D
british torture is in vain
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[Verse 6] D Am C G I’ve been held in scalding water D G while me back with deck D scrubs was torn D F#m I've been scratched and cut from G D head to foot and thrown out Am G on the floor D F#m G D Suffered mirror searches and Am G probed by drunken bears D Am C I’ve heard my comrades’ cry and G D G D scream and utter useless prayers [Verse 7] D Am C Now with the news that’s coming G D G D in the Protest must not fail D F#m G For now we're joined by thirty D Am G girls in Armagh Womens Gaol D F#m G D So pay attention Irishmen Am G and Irishwomen too D Am C G Show the Free State rulers D G D their silence will not do [Verse 8] D Am C Though its ninety miles from Dublin G D G D Town it seems so far away D F#m G There's more attention to our D Am G plight in the USA D F#m G D Now you’ve heard the story of Am G this filthy living hell D Am C G Remember ninety miles away D G D still in an H-Block cell
