Tonart: D minor
Verse 1
A
Dm
Oh! Oliver Boy what did you do?
Bb
Dm
A
But crush the hand you never shook
Dm
Then rob the rights of people to be free
Oh! Oliver Boy it's a terrible state
You left behind a worse off race
A
Where dignity and pride
Dm
fought for their place
C
Dm
A
Oh! Oliver Boy now you are gone
And we're still here where
A
Forgiveness being our strength you'll never
Interlude 1
see
Dm
A
F
C
Dm
F
C
A
Dm
F
C
A
Dm
Verse 2
Dm
Now the sun shines on this page I write
Bb
Though it's raining hard in Palestine
A
No lands are promised lands
F
C
A
Dm
When will we see?
So don't tell me that your
God's my God
Bb
I don't think they even care at all
A
Just a pantomime behind
C
A
C
Dm
C
Oh listen to
A
Dm
Without a voice and little growl
C
F
Snapping at the heels I wait
A
For something more to change
F
A
The more they stay the same
Verse 3
Dm
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
Bb
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
F
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
Verse 4
there's death not glory
Dm
Look into these empty eyes
Bb
Fed upon by parasites
A
As beauty's ugly head devours
F
C
A
Dm
its plight
While the borders of our hate create
Bb
Nothing more than each our fate
A
Trapped between our comfort
F
C
A
Dm
and our crime
C
F
So stand along the graveyard wall
A
Dm
And watch the souls perform their song
C
F
Sing to us the dead above
A
As the mourners come to pray
F
A
The living stay away
Verse 5
Dm
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
the clothes are different
F
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
A
Where there's blood there's
death not glory
Dm
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
Bb
All of our Boys! Just put down their guns
F
Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
A
You were wrong but we're no dif
Interlude 2
ferent
Bb
F
A
Dm
Bb
F
A
Dm
Verse 6
Dm
F
Marching to the left,
Bb
F
everyone in step
Don't ask the question,
A
Dm
why we're here with no direction
F
A
Marching to the right,
F
Bb
F
this is not our fight
Verse 7
born of man and contradiction
Dm
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
Bb
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
F
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
A
Where there's blood there's
death not glory
Dm
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
Bb
All of our Boys! Just put down the guns
F
Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
A
You were wrong but we're no different
Verse 8
Dm
Now the sun shines on
this page I write
Dm
Though it's raining hard in Palestine
Dm
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