Verse
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G G D D
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CHORUS
G G D D
D D G A A
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most notable memory aids are:
2nd half of verse and chorus are same chords,
2nd third and 4th lines of each section the same
[VERSE 1]
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St. Val-en-tine's day comes a-round once a year,
D D G A A
our thought turn to love as the day it draws near,
D D G D
When sweet-hearts and dar-lings, hus-bands and wives,
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Pledge love and de-vo-tion for.the rest of their lives
G G D D
As day turns to even-ing soon night-time does fall,
D D G A A
Young peo-ple get ready for the Val-en-tine's Ball,
D D G D
As the night rings with laugh-ter some peo-ple still mourn
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The for-ty eight chil-dren who ne-ver came home
[CHORUS]
G G D D
Have we for-got-ten the suff-ering and pain
D D G A A
the sur-viv-ors and vic-tims of.the fire in Ar-tane,
D D G D
the moth-ers and fath-ers for-ever to mourn
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the for-ty eight chil-dren who ne-ver came home.
[VERSE 2]
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it's down to the Star-dust they all made their way
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The boun-cers looked on as they lined up to pay
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The rec-ords are spin-ning there's dan-cing as well
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Just how the fire start-ed sure no one can tell.
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In.a mat-ter of sec-onds con-fus-ion did reign
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The room was in dark-ness fire ex-its were chained
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The fire-fight-ers wept for they could not hide,
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Their sorr-ow and an-ger for those left in-side.
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
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All a-round the city the bad news it spread
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There's a fire in the Star-dust there's for-ty eight dead
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Hun-dreds of chil-dren are in-jured and maimed
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And all just be-cause the fire ex-its were chained.
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Our lead-ers were shocked, grim state-ments were made
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They shed tears by the graves as.the bo-dies were laid
D D G D
The vic-tims have wait-ed in vain for four years
D D A D D
It seems like our lead-ers shed croc-o-dile tears.
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 4]
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Half a mill-ion was spent on so-lic-itor's fees,
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B for-tune to.the ow-ner and his fa-mil-y
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It's hard to be-lieve not one pen-ny came
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To the work-ing class peo-ple who suff-ered the pain.
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Days turn to weeks and weeks turn to years
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Our laws fav-our the rich or so it app-ears
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B wo-man still waits for her kids to come home
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In-jus-tice breeds an-ger and that's what's been done.
[CHORUS]
- 1. Chord Gitar Christy Moore - They Never Came Home Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Christy Moore - They Never Came Home Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan