Belfast Child Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C][G][D]
[C][G][D]
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[Verse 1]
[C]When my [G]love said to [D]me
Meet me [C]down [G]by the gallow tre[D]e
For it's [C]sad [G]news I [D]bring
About this [C]old town [G]and all that it's offer[D]ing
Some say [C]troubles [G]abou[D]nd
Some day [C]soon they're gonna [G]pull
the old town [D]down
One day we'll re[G]turn [D]here
When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings a[D]gain
[C][G][D][D]

[Verse 2]
Brothers, sisters where are you [D]now
As I [C]look for [G]you right through the [D]crowd
All my [C]life [G]here I've [D]spent
With my [C]faith in God,
[G]the Church and the [D]Government
Some say [C]troubles [G]abou[D]nd
Some day [C]soon they're gonna [G]pull
the old town [D]down
One day we'll re[G]turn [D]here
When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings a[D]gain[C][G]
[D]When the Bel[C]fast Chi[G]ld sings agai[D]n
[C][G]

[Solo 1]
[D][D][D][D]
[C][G][D]
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[Verse 3]
Some come back, [C]Billy,[G]
won't you come on [D]home
Come back [C]Mary,[G]
you've been away so [D]long
The streets are [C]empty,[G]
and your mother's [D]gone
The girls are [C]crying,[G]
it's been oh so [D]long
And your father's [C]calling,[G]
come on [D]home
Won't you come on [C]home[G]
Come on [D]home

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][D]
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[Verse 4]
Come back [C]people,[G]
you've been gone a [D]while
And the war is [C]raging,[G]
in the Emerald [D]Isle
That's flesh and [C]blood [G]man,
that's flesh and [D]blood
All the girls are [C]crying [G]but all's not los[D]t
The streets are [C]empty,[G]
the streets are [D]cold
Won't you come on [C]home[G]
Won't you come on [D]home

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][D]
[C]The streets are[G] empty
[D][D]
[C]Lif[G]e goes on[D]
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[Outro 1]
One day we'll re[G]turn [D]here
When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings a[D]gain[C][G]
[D]When the Bel[C]fast Chi[G]ld sings agai[D]n
[C][G][D]