So you (Am)divided up my (G)land

Six counties stayed in (C)England's (D)hand

(G)So you take my (C)home

But you (G)cannot take my (D)mind

Then you (Am)tried to keep me (G)down

With your tanks and guns in my (C)streets and (D)towns

And you (G)shoot your plastic (C)bullets

To (D)keep your plastic (G)state

Chorus:

In (G)Ireland's (D)troubled (G)land

Each (C)decade (D)brings its (G)rebel (D)band

And (G)forces (C)of the (G)crown

They (D)try to bring them (D7)down

But the (G)flowers will (D)bloom a(G)gain

And the (C)people (D)they will (G)rise a(D)gain

And (G)then you (C)shot him (G)down

So (D)all the world could (G)see

Does it matter how you kill
You make the rules it is your will
But let your plastic bullets
To kill it's all the same
Oh I could not believe my eyes
You took those young lads by surprise
The way you shot them down
That day in Derry town

Chorus

Oh some justice we did seek
A place for all to live in peace
An island in the sea
Where people could be free
But you can not be proud
The way you shot him to that ground
A nightmare you shot them down
That night in Belfast town

Chorus

Then shoot me, shoot me down
Because I make my colours known
And I heard the mercy cry
Where people in fear do lie
In anger then he ran
With the banner stick all in his hand
And then you shot him down
And all the world could see

 

Chorus

The (G)day you (C)shot Séan (G)Dowd
That (D)day in Belfast (G)town