Em                     D                        G         D       Em
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B|-----------------12-12|--12-12--10-12-10-12----|------12--10-----|-------12-------|
G|----------------------|---------------------9-9|--12-------------|----------------|
D|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

 Em                     D                        G         D       Em
E|12-12--10-12-10-------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------12-12|--12-12--10-12-10-12----|------12--10-----|----------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------9-9|--12-------------|-9--------------|
D|----------------------|------------------------|--------------12-|----------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

[Verse 1]

Em
The scraps lay scattered on the floor
Em
70 days had been ignored
G                  D                Em
The people wake as a martyr goes to sleep
Em
His figure frail of 7 stone
Em
A fire fights beneath his bones
G               D              Em
"I will not die after you bury me"

[Chorus]

     G                        D                     Em
If my will is the wind, then I will die willing and free
     G                        D                     Em
If my will is the wind, then I will die willing and free

[Verse 2]

Em
A poet and a scholar of his day
Em
Commandant of the Cork Brigade
G                    D                    Em
His friends and foes revered him just the same
Em
The crown then feared his influence
Em
His threatening wit and intellect
G                         D               Em
So they locked him up in a Brixton prison cage

[Chorus]

   G              D                  Em
No tank or gun or brick or bullet or stone
      G            D             Em
Could turn a rebel mind on their own

[Bridge]

Am
"Should my death do more than my release
Em
Then let me die in chains
G                      D      Em
If it brings the enemy to his knees
Am
It's not who can inflict the most
Em
But who can most endure
G                      D                  Em
That in 100 years will see their children free"

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B|-----------------12-12|--12-12--10-12-10-12----|------12--10-----|-------12-------|
G|----------------------|---------------------9-9|--12-------------|----------------|
D|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

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E|12-12--10-12-10-------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------12-12|--12-12--10-12-10-12----|------12--10-----|----------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------9-9|--12-------------|-9--------------|
D|----------------------|------------------------|--------------12-|----------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

[Verse 3]

Em
1920, Hallow's Eve
Em
100 000 filled the streets
  G                 D                Em
A procession flowed beside the river Lee
Em
A nation lost her rebel son
Em
But the bells of freedom would be rung
    G                   D               Em
The truce was signed in nineteen twenty one

[Chorus]

        G                   D               Em
And the cheers of the world would echo from afar
G             D             Em
Never underestimate a rebel heart

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G|----------------|----------------------|---------------------9-9|--12-------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
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E|12-12--10-12-10-------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------12-12|--12-12--10-12-10-12----|------12--10-----|----------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------9-9|--12-------------|-9--------------|
D|----------------------|------------------------|--------------12-|----------------|
A|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------|

[Verse 4]

Em
The scraps lay scattered on the floor
Em
70 days had been ignored
G                  D                Em
The people wake as a martyr goes to sleep
Em
His figure frail of 7 stone
Em
A fire fights beneath his bones
G               D              Em
"I will not die after you bury me"

[Chorus]

     G                        D                     Em
If my will is the wind, then I will die willing and free
     G                        D                     Em
If my will is the wind, then I will die willing and free
         G                        D                     Em
And if my will is the wind, then I will die willing and free
     G                        D                     Em
If my will is the wind, then I will die willing and free