Tonart: Bb major
Verse 1
Am
Oh it must be so romantic
D
G
D
When the fighting's over there
And they're passing round the shamrock
C
G
And you're all filled up with tears
Am
"For the love of dear old Ireland"
G
D
That you've never even seen
You throw in twenty dollars
C
G
And sing "Wearing of the Green
Verse 2
dollar a bullet
D
Each victim someone's son
Am
And Americans kill Irishmen
G
D
As surely
Am
As if they fired the gun
Verse 3
Am
Now you've never stood
on Belfast's streets
G
And heard the bombs explode
D
Or hid beneath the blankets
C
G
When there's riots down the road
Am
No you've never had your best friend die
D
But you'll stand there and tell us
C
G
Just what we're doing wrong
Verse 4
Em
Each false word a bullet
D
Each victim someone's son
Am
And Englishmen kill Irishmen
G
D
As surely
As if they fired the gun
Am
Verse 5
From the minute that you're
born you're told
they're not the same
C
G
We know because we're right"
Am
But can't you see we're all the same
G
There is no right and wrong
D
Why can't we stop and realize
Just what we're doing wrong
C
G
We've hated too much too long
Em
Each
Verse 6
old lie a bullet
D
Each victim someone's son
Am
And Irishmen kill Irishmen
G
D
As surely
Am
As if they fired the gun
Verse 7
D
Dm
How can you convince yourself
D
G
C
That what you do is right?
Am
When people are dying there
Dm
D
Don't you ever wonder
C
The hopes and fears and all the tears
Am
Em
Are buried in your ground
Interlude 1
Buried in your ground
Am
G
D
C
G
Am
G
D
G
D
Em
D
C
G
Verse 8
Em
Each rumour a bullet
D
Each victim someone's son
Am
And careless talk kills Irishmen
D
Am
As if words fired the gun
Verse 9
Am
Well it's lasted for so long now
D
It's such a part of my own life
C
G
Yet it leaves me mystified
Am
How a people so intelligent
G
Friendly, kind and brave
D
Can throw themselves so willingly
C
G
Into an open grave
Verse 10
Em
Each new day a bullet
D
Each victim someone's son
Am
And ignorance kills Irishmen
G
As surely
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