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[Intro]
| F   | A# F | F   | C   |
| F   | A# F | F C | F   |

| F   | A# F | F   | C   |
| F   | A# F | F C | F   |


[Verse 1]
        F                F
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
   Dm             Dm
To glisten once again
     A#                  A#
Five hundred years like Gelignite
     Dm              C
Have blown us all to hell (to hell!)
     F                           F
What savior rests while on his cross we die
   Dm             Dm
Forgotten freedom burns
        A#                A#
Has the Shephard led his lambs astray
       Dm            C
to the bigot and the gun
 
[Chorus]
        A#               F
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
    A#              C
To glisten once again
         F        A#                     Dm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        F       C    F
Singin' drunken lullabies


[Post-chorus]
| F   | A# F | F   | C   |
| F   | A# F | F C | F   |


[Verse 2]
  F                   F
I watch and stare as Rosin`s eyes
         Dm            Dm
Turn a darker shade of red
         A#               A#
And the bullet with this sniper lie
         Dm              C
In their bloody gutless cell
         F                    F
Must we starve on crumbs from long ago
              Dm                Dm
Through these bars of men made steel
          A#                        A#
Is it a great or little thing we fought
          Dm                    C
Knelt the conscience blessed to kill


[Chorus]
        A#               F
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
    A#              C
To glisten once again
         F        A#                     Dm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        F       C    F
Singin' drunken lullabies


[Bridge]
        A#              C         F
Ah, but maybe it`s the way we're taught
   A#              C      F
Or maybe it`s the way we fought
      A#           C             F        A#
But a smile never grins without tears to begin
         A#         C          F    F
For each kiss is a cry we all lost
       A#               F
Though nothing left to gain
            A#                      C
But for the banshee that stole the grave
         F        A#                     Dm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        F       C    F
Singin' drunken lullabies (right!)


[Solo]
| F   | A# F | F   | C   |
| F   | A# F | F C | F   |
 
| F   | A# F | F   | C   |
| F   | A# F | F C | F   |
 
| A#   | Dm    | A#   | C   |
| F A# |  Dm | F C | F   |


[Verse 3]
   F                  F
I sit in and dwell on faces past
     Dm               Dm
Like memories seem to fade
      A#            A#
No color left but black and white
    Dm                  C
And soon will all turn grey
              F               F
But may these shadows rise to walk again
      Dm           Dm
With lessons truly learnt
         A#                  A#
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts
      Dm               C
Shall beat a new found flame (the flame!)


[Chorus]
        A#               F
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
    A#              C
To glisten once again
         F        A#            Am       Dm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        F       C    F
Singin' drunken lullabies


[Outro]
         F        A#                     Dm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        F           C       F   A#      Dm
Singin' drunken... lul... abies
        F       C    F
Singin' drunken lullabies