Intro
D A D A D A D A
[Verse 1]
E A
Kids wear white garters and smell like their mothers
D A
Whose husbands and fathers alike
E D
Drink black beer in the same public houses
D E A
Smelling of smoke and strong whiskey
D A
E A
Mammies and daddies and skipping ropes
D A
Lectures from priests, living in hope
E D
They've not mistaken the brand of their coats
D E A
Paid for by their spiritual teachings
D A
E A
B busy year this, the streets running red
D A
How many sent to a nuptial bed
E D
And how many sent home to a winter of graves
D E A
And how many wait in for the slaughter
D A
[Chorus]
A D E
Oh the holy ground
D Bm E
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
A D E
Oh the holy ground
D Bm E
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be
[Bridge]
F#m Bm F#m Bm
[Verse 2]
E A
It's Easter again and we cannot forget
D A
Brothers and sisters and all that was said
E D
So practice your pipes, stand proud in the wet
D E A
But the eyes of the world are upon you
D A
E A
God in his mercy has given us men
D A
To lead us to peace but they can't bring an end
E D
To the profits that pay off the lease on the land
D E A
We still send them over the water
D A
E A
Seventeen years and Kelly's a man
D A
Who stands on the street with a gun in his hand
E D
He's Protecting the pipers that play in the band
D E A
While the enemy waits with an army
[Chorus]
A D E
Oh the holy ground
D Bm E
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
A D E
Oh the holy ground
D Bm E
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be
[Bridge]
F#m Bm F#m Bm
[Verse 3]
E A
Dia le hEireann, suckle the empire
D A
Dia le hEireann, suffer the loss
E D
Of the green to the blue while the media feeds
D E A
On the blood and the pain and the hatred
D A
E A
Father walks home on the colourless night
D A
And the organisation has blinded his sight
E A
His wife and his kids are sleeping tonight
D E
In the arms of sweet Jesus and Mary
[Chorus]
A D E
Oh the holy ground
D Bm E
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
A D E
Oh the holy ground
D Bm E
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be
(Repeat to Fade)
- 1. Chord Gitar Christy Moore - Smoke And Strong Whiskey Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Christy Moore - Smoke And Strong Whiskey Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
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