The Granite Cage - Alistair Hulett Chords
Chords: G, Em, C, D
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Genre: folk, rock, blues
[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
Ye’ll claw the walls before there through wi’ you, and a’ yer demons come tae
D
haunt ye
C G Em
Ye’ll curse the day, ye’ll fear the night, ye’ll live on water and stale
D
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
Ye paid in full the price that martyrs have tae pay, who dare tae swim
D
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
Ye sacrificed yer life for socialism’s creed, in the granite cage at
G
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
The drugs are kickin in, yer mind is a’ abreid, in the granite cage at
G
Pererheid.
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