Belfast Child

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When my love said to me
Meet me (C)down(G) by the gallow (D)tree
For it's (C)sad (G)news I (D)bring
About (C)this old (G)town and all that it's (D)offering
Some say (C)trou(G)bles a(D)bound
Some day (C)soon they're gonna (G)pull the old town (D)down
(D)One day we'll re(G)turn (D)here,
When the (C)Belfast (G)Child sings a(D)gain

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Brothers sisters where are you (D)noe
As I (C)look for you (G)right through the (D)crowd
All my (C)life here (G)I've (D)spent
With my (C)faith in God the (G)Church and the Govern(D)ment
Some say (C)trou(G)bles a(D)bound
Some day (C)soon they're gonna (G)pull the old town (D)down
(D)One day we'll re(G)turn (D)here,
When the (C)Belfast (G)Child sings a(D)gain

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When the (C)Belfast (G)Child sings a(D)gain

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(C)(G)(D) 10X

So come back (C)Billy,(G) won't you come on (D)home
Come back (C)Mary,(G) you've been away so (D)long
The streets are (C)empty,(G) and your mother's (D)gone
The girls are (C)crying,(G) it's been oh so (D)long
And your father's (C)calling,(G) come on (D)home
Won't you come on (C)home,(G) won't you come on (D)home

(C)(G)(D) (C)(G)(D)

Come back (C)people,(G) you've been gone a (D)while
And the war is (C)raging,(G) in the Emerald (D)Isle
That's flesh and blood (C)man,(G) that's flesh and (D)blood
All the girls are (C)crying(G) but all's not (D)lost
The streets are (C)empty,(G) the streets are (D)cold
Won't you come on (C)home,(G) won't you come on (D)home

(C)(G)(D) (C)The streets are (G)emptyLife goes (D)on

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(D)One day we'll re(G)turn (D)here
When the (C)Belfast (G)Child sings a(D)gain

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(D)When the (C)Belfast (G)Child sings a(D)gain

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