D/A   X-0-0-2-3-2
D     X-X-0-2-3-2
D/F#  2-x-0-2-3-2
A     X-0-3-3-3-0
Em    0-2-2-0-0-0

[violin intro]
|G          |F#m        |Bm         |D/A       |
|D          |G          |D          |D         |
                                             I am

[verse 1]                                           
G       F#m
John Mc Leod
     Bm        D/A
I am young and poor
       G       D/F#   G     Em
And in Belfast I was  born
    A
Now here I stand
       D         G
With a gun in my hand
     D        G      D
On a cold and wintry morn


[verse 2]
        G     F#m        Bm      D/A
Playing inner hopes that I would die
     G         D/F#    G    Em
I am cursed by one and all
       A                     D        G
But in Belfast town when the sun goes down
      D     G       D
There is no hope at all

[verse 3]
      D      F#m        Bm      D/A
I can see my child only 9 years old
    G        D/F#       G      Em
Her mind all twisted in fear
        A
And the hate I hold
        D            G
For the men that con trol her
   D         G     D
Is more than I can bear

[chorus]
     G        F#m        Bm     D/A
Many men have hopes that I will die
     G         D/F#    G    Em
I am cursed by one and all
       A                     D        G
But in Belfast town when the sun goes down
      D     G       D
There is no hope at all

[violin solo]
|G          |F#m        |Bm         |D/A      |

|G          |D/F#       |G          |Em       |

|A          |A          |D          |G        |

|D          |G          |D          |D        |
                                           May the

[verse 4]
 G          F#m
 children’s eyes
        Bm       D/A
See the sun soon rise
       G       D/F#      G     Em
In the morning clear and cold
        A
And the flag that flies
       D       G
In the Belfast prize
   D         G         D
Be green and white and gold


[chorus]
     G        F#m        Bm     D
Many men have hopes that I will die
     G         D/F#    G    Em
I am cursed by one and all
       A                     D        G
But in Belfast town when the sun goes down
      D     G       D
There is no hope at all


[chorus]
     G        F#m        Bm     D
Many men have hopes that I will die
     G         D/F#    G    Em
I am cursed by one and all
       A                     D        G
But in Belfast town when the sun goes down
      D     G       D
There is no hope at all

[violin finale]
|G          |F#m        |Bm         |D/A      |

|D/A        |G          |D          |D ....