A#m     B       C#      D#m     F#      
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[Intro]
| F#   | B F# | F#   | C#   |
| F#   | B F# | F# C# | F#   |

| F#   | B F# | F#   | C#   |
| F#   | B F# | F# C# | F#   |


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


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


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


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


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


[Solo]
| F#   | B F# | F#   | C#   |
| F#   | B F# | F# C# | F#   |
 
| F#   | B F# | F#   | C#   |
| F#   | B F# | F# C# | F#   |
 
| B   | D#m    | B   | C#   |
| F# B |  D#m | F# C# | F#   |


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


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


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