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H-BLOCK TO MAGHABERRY Song lyrics and guitar chords

(Pól Mac Adam)
Pól Mac Adam played this song in a key of E major. To do so use a capo on the 2nd fret or change the chords as follows: D=E, A=B, G=A. Other songs about the H-Blocks here are Long Kesh Song which was brought by The Wolfe Tones ballad group.
I re(D)member the day when (G)I turned 10 
Our (A)men in the H-block was (D)starving again 
The (A)struggle for freedom in (G)Ireland had crossed a new line -G-G-G-G

Two (D)hundred and seventeen (G)days passed by, 
10 Young (A)brave men starved, (D)I'll tell ye why..
Co(A)lonial Britain had (G)labelled our cause a crime. -G-G-G-G

I (D)know this is now and (G)that was then
But the (A)same situation is (D)looming again
As (A)British intransigence (G)drags us back through the slime -G-G-G-G

How (D)long will we let the (G)brits dictate
(A)What is a crime in this (D)illegal state
As they've (A)raped, murdered and (G)pillaged their way through time -G-G

Chorus
Have (D)we come from (A)H-(G)Block 
To Ma(D)ghaber(G)ry – (G)ohhh -G-A-A-D-D
Have (D)we come from (A)H-(G)Block 
To Ma(D)ghaber(G)ry – (G)ohhh -G-A-A-D-D
(D)H-Block to Ma(G)ghaberry, you beat  me
Stripped searched me, and ill treat me,
Maghaberry -my (A)daily re(D)ality, -D-D-D
Ma(G)ghaberry, while you beat  me
And stripped searched me, and ill treat me,
Maghaberry – no, you'll (A)never de(D)feat me -D-D-D
For my (D)mind is (G)free -G-G-G-G  4x

(D)It's only natural (G)I suppose, 
For (A)there to be a (D)refusal of those
To (A)swallow your black propa(G)ganda media show -G-G-G-G
Through (D)eight hundred years of (G)turmoil and strife
My (A)people have lived on the (D)edge of your knife
Will (A)your colonial grip (G)ever let go? -G-G-G-G

Chorus
(D)I will smash (G)H-Block and Magahberry
And everything you throw at me
No matter what (A)you’ll never (D)break me -D-D-D
(D)I will smash (G)H-Block and Magahberry
And everything you throw at me
No matter what (A)you’ll never (D)break me -D-D-D
I’ll (D)fight on to be (G)free. -G-G-G 4x.

Lyrics And Chords In The Key Of G Major

I re(G)member the day when (C)I turned 10 
Our (D)men in the H-block was (G)starving again 
The (D)struggle for freedom in (C)Ireland had crossed a new line 

Two (G)hundred and seventeen (C)days passed by, 
10 Young (D)brave men starved, (G)I'll tell ye why..
Co(D)lonial Britain had (C)labelled our cause a crime. 

I (G)know this is now and (C)that was then
But the (D)same situation is (G)looming again
As (D)British intransigence (C)drags us back through the slime 

How (G)long will we let the (C)brits dictate
(D)What is a crime in this (G)illegal state
As they've (D)raped, murdered and (C)pillaged their way through time
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