Belfast Child Simple Minds
[D] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
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[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
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N.C.
When my love said to me
Meet me [C]do[G]wn by the gallow [D]tree
For it's [C]sad [G]news I br[D]ing
About t[C]his old [G]town and all that it's [D]offering
Some say [C]trou[G]bles ab[D]ound
Some day [C]soon they're gonna [G]pull the old town [D]down
[D]One day we'll re[G]turn [D]here,
When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings ag[D]ain
[C] [G] [D]
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N.C. D
Brothers sisters where are you now
As I l[C]ook for you[G] right through the [D]crowd
All my [C]life here[G] I've [D]spent
With my [C]faith in God the [G]Church and the Governm[D]ent
Some say [C]trou[G]bles ab[D]ound
Some day [C]soon they're gonna [G]pull the old town [D]down
[D]One day we'll re[G]turn [D]here,
When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings aga[D]in
[C] [G] [D]
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When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings ag[D]ain
[C] [G] [D]
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Solo:
C G D x10
So 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], won't you come on [D]home
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
Come back [C]peop[G]le, you've been gone a [D]while
And the war is [C]ragi[G]ng, in the Emerald [D]Isle
That's flesh and blood [C]man[G], that's flesh and [D]blood
All the girls are [C]cryi[G]ng but all's not [D]lost
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
[C] [G] [D]
[C]The streets are [G]empty
Life goes [D]on
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
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[C] [G] [D]
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[D]One day we'll re[G]turn [D]here
When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings ag[D]ain
[C] [G] [D]
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[D]When the [C]Belfast [G]Child sings ag[D]ain
[C] [G] [D]
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