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


[Post-chorus]
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| D   | G D | D A | D   |


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


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


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


[Solo]
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| D   | G D | D A | D   |
 
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| D   | G D | D A | D   |
 
| G   | Bm    | G   | A   |
| D G |  Bm | D A | D   |


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


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


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