Chords for spirit of freedom ~ the ballad of martin doherty

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_ _ _ so [D] high _ _
[G] they gave their life
[D] for freedom _
_ _ [A] for its name
[G] and _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ hard and [D] hard
he hoped we
would _ _ [A] _
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_ [Bm] free them
_ [A] _ for this [D] high and high
[G] he [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] was infamous
for the [A] pirates of [D] Samhain
in [G] his young life
he [D] always dreamed of
[B] this time
he always [A] knew _
[D] he'd fight [A] for _ [D] Ireland's freedom _
and as the [A] forces
[D] of the crown
he [G] joined the [D] IRA _ _ and the
[A] gay and non [D]-binary _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] he fought for [Bm] Ireland's freedom
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outside of Niagara _ _ _
_ many [A] years
he spent [D] in Niagara
_ he [A] too oh [D] Noel
and [G] he [E] fought
for [Bm] this freedom
_ why [E] they
a poor thing
[A] and _ the loss and fear of [D] freedom _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ gave [G] a struggle
for [D] all Ireland
[Bm] what a [A] hand he [D] showed
for _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
the dark [D] he fought
_ many _ years on by
_ _ [G] he fought for
[D] Ireland's [Bm] freedom
[D] for _ [C#m] this high and high _ _ _ _ _
_ he fought
the [A] _ [D] year _ _
_ _ _ [A] was [D] 94 _ _
he [G] was studying the [D] will
of the [Bm] scattered
he was studying
the [A] will of _ _ the [D] group of _ men of men
_ _ _ [A] in [D] their sight
they were [Bm] stopped
by an IRA spoken _
_ _ [A] the _ [D] _ _
only thing
they _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] could
on _ the _ _ street _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] of
[Bm] our [D] _ _ [A] sight
he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fought
the _
_ _ _ [A] smoke that [D] raised _ [G] the air
of the good
[D] many [Bm] _ _ _ nights [A] he said _ _ _
[D] United we [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ stand
_ for _ [G] _ peace and freedom
[Bm] _ _
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[A] many years [D] gone by [G] he fought
for [D] Ireland's freedom
[Bm] for [D] _ _ [F#m]
this high [D] and high
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] he _ fought
for _ [D] this freedom
[Bm] thank _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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