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[Intro]
| A#   | D# A# | A#   | F   |
| A#   | D# A# | A# F | A#   |

| A#   | D# A# | A#   | F   |
| A#   | D# A# | A# F | A#   |


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


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


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


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


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


[Solo]
| A#   | D# A# | A#   | F   |
| A#   | D# A# | A# F | A#   |
 
| A#   | D# A# | A#   | F   |
| A#   | D# A# | A# F | A#   |
 
| D#   | Gm    | D#   | F   |
| A# D# |  Gm | A# F | A#   |


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


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


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