The Sam Song Chords

[Verse 1]
 Am                               G
Well, I have been a Provo now for 15 years or more
     Am            C              E
With armalites and mortar bombs I thought I knew the score
    Am
But now we have a weapon we've never used before
    F                                     E              Am
The Brits are looking worried and they're going to worry more
 
[Chorus]
             G               Am
Tiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra
F            E      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
F                       E          Am
It wasn't long before I joined the I.R.A.
 
[Chorus]
             G               Am
Tiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra
F            E      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
         F                             E                Am
But for every man they took away, they missed a hundred more
 
[Chorus]
             G              Am
Tiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra
F            E      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
F                                E                  Am
The Brits will never leave us, until they're blown away
 
[Chorus]
             G               Am
Tiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra
F            E      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 hear the women cry
  Am
I can't forget the massacre that Friday at Loughgall
    F                                 E              Am
I salute my fallen comrades, as I watch the choppers fall
 
[Chorus]
             G               Am
Tiocfaidh Ar La, sing Up the Ra
F            E      Am
Sam missiles in the sky
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