Terrorist Or Dreamer

D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D In Sackville Street, the curfew drove the restless out of sight G G/F# Em D Em G D G The Black and Tans marched up and down the moon shone cold and bright D G A D The shot was like a whip crack, took the first man of his feet G G/F# Em D Em G D G He died on bloodied cobblestones, while his comrades combed the streets D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D They called up the reinforcements, dragged the people from their beds G G/F# Em D Em G They were screaming, "get the bastard" but t'was fear was in their heads D G A D They found him in a cellar he was only seventeen G G/F# Em D Em G he was fighting for his country; he was dying for the green D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D The sergeant took him by the head and beat him to the ground G G/F# Em D Em G into this young man's body he emptied every round D G A D "Come and take a look," he cried as he marched his troops away G G/F# Em D Em G They came in stony silence such a price to have to pay D G A D Some knelt and prayed beside him, but its too late anyhow G G/F# Em D Em G They said he was a rebel then, but he's a hero now. D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D In sixty-six this country sang the praises of the dead G G/F# Em D Em G We didn't call them rebels then, we used patriot instead D G A D On every household TV screen, we saw how hard they fought G G/F# Em D Em G How they spilled their lifeblood, how freedom had been bought D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D And garden gates were opened up to silent motorcades G G/F# Em D Em G The cannons boomed, the flags unfurled, and solemn wreaths were laid D G A D prayers for those departed were called for loud and clear G G/F# Em D Em G For those who had been outlawed, ah but that was another year D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D The veterans lined up stiff and proud, their white hair in the wind G G/F# Em D Em G Their pride pinned to their gabardines and their thoughts upon their friends D G A D Bitter wounds burst open and the scars of history G G/F# Em D Em G Were flung into our faces in stark reality D G A D Just up the road from Sackville Street, but things are different now G G/F# Em D Em G They said he was a rebel then but he's a hero now. D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D Along the falls the soldiers push with glances left and right G G/F# Em D Em G Kids of the English working class, soldiers overnight D G A D Tossed into a melting pot of bitterness and strife G G/F# Em D Em G Never understanding and fearing for their life D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D Outside the glen road Brewery, a bomb takes two away G G/F# Em D Em G The bomber's work is over he's finished for the day D G A D The terrorist or the dreamer the savage or the brave? G G/F# Em D Em G It depends whose vote you're trying to catch Whose face you're trying to save D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D G A D There's tea and cake in Downing Street and whispers in the hall G G/F# Em D Em G let's move to cure Rhodesia now our backs are to the wall D G A D There's panic down in Leinster House where words are seldom scarce G G/F# Em D Em G Send someone to Glasnevin quick to remember Patrick Pearse D G A D Once more his crucifixion, it all seems strange somehow G G/F# Em D Em G They said he was a rebel then but he's a hero now D G A D Once more his crucifixion, it all seems strange somehow G G/F# Em D Em G They said he was a rebel then but he's a hero now.