The Granite Cage Chords

[Intro] (same as Chorus)
G Em C G Em C G
C D G C D G
 
[Verse 1]
 C             G
The iron door bangs shut
                Em                   D
They’ve got ye noo John where they want ye
         G                           Em                          C              D
Ye’ll claw the walls before there through wi’ you, and a’ yer demons come tae haunt ye
          C                 G                     Em                       D
Ye’ll curse the day, ye’ll fear the night, ye’ll live on water and stale breid
 G                              Em
Till yer fliesh twines an’ yer hostin up yer bleid
 C               D      G
In the granite cage at Peterheid.
 
[Chorus]
G        Em     C          G      Em                         C    G
Haud on John wi’ a’ ye’ve got, there’s freens outside who’ll no forsake ye
C             D          G     C         D                   G
Wee pale blue forget-me-not, I fear this time there oot tae break ye.
 
[Verse 2]
  C                    G          Em                            D
Huddled in yer bed at night, too cauld tae sleep an’ feart tae dream
    G                            Em                 C                                 D
Ye paid in full the price that martyrs have tae pay, who dare tae swim against the stream
  C                     G
Regrets and doubts, ye must have had yer share
     Em                                     D
For every floo’er that grows there’s aye a weed
G                                        Em   C               D            G
Ye sacrificed yer life for socialism’s creed, in the granite cage at Peterheid.
 
[Chorus]
G        Em     C          G      Em                         C    G
Haud on John wi’ a’ ye’ve got, there’s freens outside who’ll no forsake ye
C             D          G     C         D                   G
Wee pale blue forget-me-not, I fear this time there oot tae break ye.
 
[Verse 3]
 C                        G                    Em                 D
Hear the measured steps outside, psychopaths decked oot in navy twill
 G                      Em
Haud yer breath until yer sure they’ve passed yer cell
 C                                 D
Sadistic bampots oot tae maim and kill
 C                      G
Someone screams thank Christ it wis’nae you
     Em                                D
Wan mair poor bastard driven aff his hied
     G                                   Em              C      D           G
The drugs are kickin in, yer mind is a’ abreid, in the granite cage at Pererheid.
 
[Chorus]
G        Em     C          G      Em                         C    G
Haud on John wi’ a’ ye’ve got, there’s freens outside who’ll no forsake ye
C             D          G     C         D                   G
Wee pale blue forget-me-not, I fear this time there oot tae break ye.
 
[Verse 4]
    C                    G     Em                         D
Wee pale blue forget-me-not, favour floo’er o’ wor dear McLean
G                           Em
Ye daur tae blossom whaur cement and cobbled stane
 C                                   D
Jine forces tae mak’ sure we stand alane
C                G
In every crack another floo’er grows
     Em                              D
The day is yet tae come but gie it speed
G                             Em
When a’ the wee floo’ers rise up and spread their seed
C                  D         G
Ower the granite cage at Peterheid.
 
[Chorus]
G        Em     C          G      Em                         C    G
Haud on John wi’ a’ ye’ve got, there’s freens outside who’ll no forsake ye
C             D          G     C         D                   G
Wee pale blue forget-me-not, I fear this time there oot tae break ye.
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