The speech to the outlaws (video)

Dm - Bb - Dm - Bb

Dm C

1. I stand before you here today, a once proud, now humbled man,

Bb A

and come to you in friendship, I swear it on my hand.

Dm C

I know that as a Nobleman, I am all that you despise,

Bb A

I will not offer empty words or sanctimonious lies.

F

For I have faced the hangman's noose,

C

and I praise the hand that cut me loose,

Dm Bb C

and thank the knife that gave me life again !

G#

2. For when a man is close to death,

D# C Fm

And he can feel the Reaper's breath upon his neck,

Bb

then something has to change.

G# Bb

And as for me, now I have seen, the hunger, pain and misery,

G# G

of you, my fellow travellers, on this road.

C F C G

3. I give my word, I give my oath, I'll give my life to set you free !

C F

For courage is our greatest hope, our enemies will feel the rope,

G A

for we will light a fire this day.

Dm Bb

A blazing fire that will endure long after we have gone,

C A7

a fire that men will talk about and celebrate in song.

Bb

A fire so bright that it will blind the sight

F

of those who seek to break and crush,

Gm A

and take away our spirit and resolve!

We'll light a fire!!

(Chris de Burgh)