Title: The Sam Song
Artist: The Irish Brigade
Key: Am
Time: 4/4
Verse 1
[Am] [G]
Well I have been a Provo now for 15 years or more
[Am] [C] [E]
With armalites and mortorbombs I thought I knew the score
[Am]
But now we have a weapon we've never used before
[C] [E] [Am]
The Brits are looking worried and they're going to worry more
Chorus
[G] [Am]
Tiocfaidh Ar Lá, sing Up the Ra
[C] [Em] [Am]
Sam missiles in the sky
Verse 2
[Am] [G]
I started off with petrol bombs and throwing bricks and stones
[Am] [C] [E]
With a hundred more lads like me I never was alone
[Am]
But soon I learned that bricks and stones won't drive the Brits away
[C] [E] [Am]
It wasn't long before I joined the I.R.A.
Chorus
[G] [Am]
Tiocfaidh Ar Lá, sing Up the Ra
[C] [Em] [Am]
Sam missiles in the sky
Verse 3
[Am] [G]
Then there came internment in the year of '71
[Am] [C] [E]
The Brits thought we were beaten, that we were on the run
[Am]
On that early August morning they kicked in our door
[C] [E] [Am]
But for every man they took away, they missed a hundred more
Chorus
[G] [Am]
Tiocfaidh Ar Lá, sing Up the Ra
[C] [Em] [Am]
Sam missiles in the sky
Verse 4
[Am] [G]
I spent eight years in the cages, I had time to think and plan
[Am] [C] [E]
For though they locked away a boy, I walked away a man
[Am]
And there's only one thing I learned while in their cell I lay
[C] [E] [Am]
The Brits will never leave us, until they're blown away
Chorus
[G] [Am]
Tiocfaidh Ar Lá, sing Up the Ra
[C] [Em] [Am]
Sam missiles in the sky
Verse 5
[Am] [G]
All through the days of hunger strike I watched my comrades die
[Am] [C] [E]
While in the streets of Belfast you could hear the women cry
[Am]
I can't forget the massacre that Friday at Loughgall
[C] [E] [Am]
I salute my fallen comrades, as I watch the choppers fall
Chorus
[G] [Am]
Tiocfaidh Ar Lá, sing Up the Ra
[C] [Em] [Am]
Sam missiles in the sky
[Outro / Final Chorus]
[G] [Am]
Tiocfaidh Ar Lá, sing Up the Ra
[C] [Em] [Am]
Sam missiles in the sky
