Chords for The Ballad of Michael Barrett

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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
It was on a bright May morning _ [Eb] in the year of [Bb] 68, _ _
[Gm] They led young [Dm] Michael Burris [Eb] to the scaffold at [F] Newgate. _
[Bb] He was indeed a Penan, but [Eb] they blamed him [Bb] in the wrong. _
[Gm] They had to [Dm] have a _ scapegoat, [Eb] and Michael [F] was [Bb] the one. _ _
_ _ _ He came from Lord Fermanagh, [Eb] near the county [Bb] Donegal,
_ _ [Gm] And he had lived [Dm] through the hunger, _ [Eb] Michael seen [F] it all.
[Bb] He went away to Glasgow, _ [Eb] like so many from [Gm] this [Bb] land,
[Gm] There he joined up [Dm] with the P'eans [Eb] to [F] help free Ireland.
_ We [Eb] salute _ young [Bb] Michael Burris, [Eb] a [F] brave [Bb] Fermanagh,
_ _ _ [Eb] Behind him [Bb] outside Newgate jail, [Eb] he died for [F] Ireland.
_ _ _ [Eb] Take [F] him from [Bb] his glad home, _ [Eb] and pray [F] for all [Gm] to see,
We [Eb] remember _ [Bb] Michael Burris, _ [Eb] who died for [Bb] liberty. _ _ _ _ _
The people _ came that morning, _
[Eb] they bowed their [Bb] heads to pray, _
[Gm] As they led young [Dm] Michael Burris _ [Eb] to the scaffold of [F] that day. _
[Bb] They wanted him to know they cared, [Eb] they loved him for [Bb] his stand,
[Gm] As he walked up [Dm] to that scaffold _ [Eb] to die [F] for Ireland. _ _ _
_ _ _ His broken _ hearted mother _ [Eb] had pleaded [Bb] for his life,
[Gm] But the _ evil [Dm] O'Donnell _ landlord [Eb] decided he [F] should die,
[Bb] For no mercy could be shown to him, [Eb] or to any [Bb] Irish man,
[Gm] Who dared to [Dm] talk of freedom _ [Eb] in [F] this his native _ land.
[Eb] We salute young [Bb] Michael _ Burris, [Eb] a brave [Bb] _
Fermanagh,
_ _ [Eb] Behind him [Bb] outside Newgate jail, [Eb] he died for [F] Ireland.
_ _ _ [Eb] Take [F] him from [Bb] his glad home, _ [Eb] and [F] pray for all [Gm] to see,
_ [Eb] We remember [G] _
[Bb] Michael Burris, _ [Eb] who died for [Bb] liberty. _ _ _ _ _ _
Come all ye lads and lassies, [Eb] all who listen to [Bb] my song,
[Gm] Be proud of [Dm] where you came from, [Eb] and be proud of your [F] own land,
_ [Bb]
And remember _ Michael _ _ [Eb] Burris, and those who [Bb] gave their _ lives,
[Gm] Remember _ all [Dm] of our heroes, [Eb] who [F] made this [Bb] sacrifice, _ _
_ For _ freedom sure is coming, _ [Eb] and it won't be [Bb] very long,
_ _ [Gm] Before those [Dm] English _ tyrants [Eb] will leave our [F] native land,
_ [Bb] And it will be good riddance, [Eb] and they know they've done [Bb] us wrong,
_ [Gm] They murdered [Dm] men like _ Barrett, [Eb] a proud [Bb] young Irish man.
_ [Eb] We salute _ young [Bb] Michael Burris, _ [Eb] a [Bb] brave Fermanagh,
_ _ _ [Eb] Behind him [Bb] outside Newgate jail, [Eb] he died for [F] Ireland.
_ _ _ [Eb] Take [Bb] him from his glad home, _ [Eb] and [F] pray for all [Gm] to see,
_ [Eb] We remember _ [Bb] Michael Burris, [Eb] who died for [Bb] liberty.
_ _ [Eb] We salute [F] you Michael [Gm] _ Burris, [Eb] you died for [Bb] liberty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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