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