BELFAST CHILD

 


 
Intro: C/D G/D D  C/D G/D D  C G/B D  C/D G/D D

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When my love said to me meet me down by the Gallows Tree,
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For it's sad news I bring about this old town and all that it's suffering.
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Some say troubles abound, some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down.
                G/D  D                 C    G/B          D/A   G 
One day we'll return here, when the Belfast Child signs again.

C G/B  D
 
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Brothers, sisters, where are you now, as I look for you right through the crowds.
            C   G/D      D                  C          G/B                  D
All my life here I have spent with my faith in God and Church and the Government.
         C   G/B     D             C                  G/B                 D
Some say troubles abound, some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down.
                G/D  D                 Am7  G            D    C/D G/D  D
One day we'll return here, when the Belfast Child signs again.
            C    G            D     C G  Dsus2
When the Belfast Child signs again.

Inst.: C/D G/D D C/D G/D D C/D G/D D C/D G/D D C/D G/D D

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Come back Billy won't you come home, 
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Come back Mary you've been away so long.
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The streets are empty  and you're mother's gone, 
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the girls are crying it's been oh so long,
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and your time is coming, come on home
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won't you come on home, come on home.
 
Inst.: C/D G/D D C/D G/D D
 
          C/D     G/D                D
Come back people, you've been gone a while.
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And the war is raging through the Emerald Isle.
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But that flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood.
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The girls are crying  but all's not lost.
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The streets are empty  cause the streets are cold.
                  C/D   G/D               D      C/D G/D  D
Won't you come on home, won't you come on home,
C/D         G/D          Dsus4    Dsus4/C Dsus4/G
The streets are empty
          Dsus4  Dsus4/C Dsus4/G
life goes on
 
Inst : Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/G D C/D G/D D C G D
 
                G/D  D                 C    G/B          D     C/D G/D  D
One day we'll return here, when the Belfast Child signs again.
            C/D  G/D          D      C/D G/D
When the Belfast Child signs again.

 

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