Intro: Dm Bb F C 
       Dm Bb Dm C F C 
       Dm Bb F C Dm C 

Dm                        Bb 
i remember you back in the gpo with connolly and clarke 
F                          C 
laughin' with mcdermott through the bullets and the sparks 
Dm                        Bb 
always with the smart remark, your eyes blazin' and blue 
F                          C 
but when we needed confidence we always turned to you 
Dm                        Bb 
and when they shot our leaders up against kilmainham wall 
F                          C 
you were there beside us in that awful easter dawn 

Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you now 
 F              C 
when we need you the most 
Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........c'mon 
 F              C 
tabhair dom do lámh 
give me your hand 

Dm Bb F C Dm C 

Dm                        Bb 
back on the streets of dublin when we fought the black and tans 
F                          C 
you were there beside us, a towerin' mighty man 
Dm                        Bb 
and god help the informer or the hated english spy 
F                          C 
by jaysus, mick, you'd crucify them without the blinkin' of an eye 
Dm                        Bb 
still you had a heart as soft as the early mornin' dew 
F                          C 
every widow, whore and orphan could always turn to you 


Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you now 
 F              C 
when we need you the most 
Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........c'mon 
 F              C 
tabhair dom do lámh 
give me your hand 

solo 

Dm                        Bb 
we beat them in the cities and we whipped them in the streets 
F                          C 
and the world hailed michael collins, our commander and our chief 
Dm                        Bb 
and they sent you off to london to negotiate a deal 
F                          C 
and to gain us a republic, united, boys, and real 
Dm                        Bb 
but the women and the drink, mick, they must have got to you 
F                          C 
'cause you came back with a country divided up in two 

Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you now 
 F              C 
when we need you the most 
Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........c'mon 
 F              C 
tabhair dom do lámh 
give me your hand 

Gm Bb 

Dm                        Bb 
we had to turn against you, mick, there was nothin' we could do 
F                          C 
'cause we couldn't betray the republic like arthur griffith and you 
Dm                        Bb 
we fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood 
F                          C 
but i never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood 
Dm                        Bb 
and though we had to shoot you down in golden béal na blath 
F                          C 
i always knew that ireland lost her greatest son of all 

Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........where the hell are you now 
 F              C 
when we need you the most 
Dm                       Bb             Dm       C 
hey, big fellah..........c'mon 
 F              C 
tabhair dom do lámh 
give me your hand 

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