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