Chord Gitar Christy Moore - Scapegoats - Birmingham Six Kunci Dasar - Chords.id

Verse

C                                   F                C
There were five men playing poker on the Heysham train.
C                               G
Fate was dealing them a cruel hand.
      C                            F                     C
Hugh Callaghan was walking home through the evening rain
C                  G                   C
Not knowing what lay in store for him.
 
[Verse]
C                                F                C
You'll find traces of nitro on cigarettes and matches.
C                                              G
On formica tabletops and on decks of playin' cards.
C                            F                       C
When forensic found traces on the hands of these men,
C                                                G                     C
The police drove up from Birmingham, they were saying the case was closed.
 
[Verse]
C                   F                    C
Have you seen the mugshots that were taken
C                            G
after forty eight hours in custody?
C                               F                  C
Battered and bruised, haunted looks upon their faces
C                            G          C
The judge accepted they confessed willingly.
       F               G                  C
Please take another look at what you see.
 
[Verse]
C                      F                C
If you tell me my family are being terrorised.
C                                                       G
Keep me awake for six days and nights, confused and terrified.
C                                   F                    C
In the lonely dark of night I'll swear that black is white.
C                        G                   C
If you let me just lay down and close my eyes.
            F                  G               C
I'll sign anything if you let me close my eyes.
 
[Outro]
F                   C
Scales of justice balance up your act.
C                                  G
Am I talking to myself or to the wall?
C                                   F                C
Hugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Johnny Walker,
C                       G                  F
Billy Power, Dick McIlkenny scapegoats all.
F                                G                C
For sixteen years they've been talking to the wall.