C                 Am
Armored cars and tanks and guns
G             C    
came to take away our sons
                    F
but every man must stand behind
    C     G        C
the men behind the wire

C                   F
Through the little streets of Belfast
C               G
in the dark of early morn
C                 F
British soldiers came marauding
C               G           C
wrecking little homes with scorn
C                 F
hear the sobs of crying children
C                 G
dragging fathers from their beds
C                  F
watch the scene as helpless mothers
C                    G          C
watch the blood fall from their heads

C                 Am
Armored cars and tanks and guns
G             C    
came to take away our sons!
                    F
but every man must stand behind
    C     G        C
the men behind the wire
 
C               F
Not for them no judge no jury,
C            G
or indeed a crime at all
C            F
being Irish means we're guilty
C               G        C
so we're guilty one and all
C                    F
round the world the truth will echo
C                   G
Cromwell's men are here again
C               F
England´s name again is sullied
C              G      C
in the eyes of honest men


C                 Am
Armored cars and tanks and guns
G             C    
came to take away our sons!
                    F
but every man must stand behind
    C     G        C
the men behind the wire

C               F
Proudly march behind our banner
C              G
firmly stand behind our men
C                 F
we will have them free to help us
C              G     C
build a nation once again
C              F
all the people stand together
C              G
proudly firmly on the way
C           F
never fear, never falter
C                  G        C
till the boys come home to stay

C                 Am
Armored cars and tanks and guns
G             C    
came to take away our sons!
                    F
but every man must stand behind
    C     G        C
the men behind the wire