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


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


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


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


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


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


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