Intro
either, but vamping on Gm will more than suffice.
Verse: | Gm | % x3 | Cm Gm | % | Gm A# | Dm D | D |
Chorus: | Gm | Dm | Gm A# | Dm Gm | Gm | % |
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Gm
Close your eyes and come with me back to 1984
Gm
We'll take a walk down Henry Street to Dunnes department store
Cm Gm Cm Gm
The supermarket is busy and the registers make a din
Gm A# Dm D
The groceries go rolling out and the cash comes rolling in
Gm
Mary Manning is at the checkout and she's trying to keep warm
Gm
When a customer comes up to her with a basket on her arm
Gm Cm Gm Cm
The contents of the basket Mary's future was to shape
Gm A# Dm D
For the label clearly stated "Produce of the Cape"
Gm
“I can't check out your oranges missus now won’t you bring them back
Gm
For they come from South Africa where white oppresses black
Gm Cm Gm Cm
I'd have it on my conscience and I couldn't sleep at night
Gm A# Dm D
If I helped support a system that denies black people's rights”
Gm
Our union says don't handle them it's the least that we can do
Gm
We fought oppression here for centuries we'll help them fight it too
Gm Cm Gm Cm
The managers descended in an avalanche of suits
Gm A# Dm D
And Mary was suspended 'cause she wouldn't touch the fruits
Gm Dm Gm
Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores
A# Dm Gm Gm A# Dm Gm
In St. Bernard better value beats them all
Gm
Her friends were all behind her and the union gave support
Gm
They called a strike and their pickets brought all Dunnes stores to a halt
Gm Cm Gm Cm
No-one was going to tell the boss, what he bought or sold
Gm A# Dm D
These women are only workers, they must do as they are told
Gm
Isn't that just typical of Apartheid’s cruel law
Gm
It's not just in South Africa, the rich trampling the poor
Gm Cm Gm Cm
He wouldn't have a boycott, he couldn't give a Tinker's curse
Gm A# Dm D
It doesn't matter how he fills the shelves so long as he lines his purse
(CHORUS)
Gm
The messages came rolling from all around the world
Gm
For such concern and sacrifice, and for courage brave and bold
Gm Cm Gm Cm
When fourteen months were over ten women and a man
Gm A# Dm D
Had helped to raise black consciousness all around the land
Gm
Clery's in O'Connell Street wouldn't sell South African shoes
Gm
Bestman sent all their clothes back, Roche's stores their booze
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Until all South Africa goods were taken off the shelves in Dunnes
Gm A# Dm D
Mary Manning was down in Henry Street, sticking to her guns
(CHORUS)
Dunnes stores in St. Bernard better value beats them all.
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If you want to play this without a capo, the chords are as follows:
Verse: | Cm | % x3 | Fm Cm | % | Cm D# | Gm G | G |
Chorus: | Cm | Gm | Cm D# | Gm Cm | Cm | % |
- 1. Chord Gitar Christy Moore - Dunnes Stores Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Christy Moore - Dunnes Stores Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan