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[Intro]
| D#   | G# D# | D#   | A#   |
| D#   | G# D# | D# A# | D#   |

| D#   | G# D# | D#   | A#   |
| D#   | G# D# | D# A# | D#   |


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


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


[Verse 2]
  D#                   D#
I watch and stare as Rosin`s eyes
         Cm            Cm
Turn a darker shade of red
         G#               G#
And the bullet with this sniper lie
         Cm              A#
In their bloody gutless cell
         D#                    D#
Must we starve on crumbs from long ago
              Cm                Cm
Through these bars of men made steel
          G#                        G#
Is it a great or little thing we fought
          Cm                    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#                     Cm
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#                     Cm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        D#       A#    D#
Singin' drunken lullabies (right!)


[Solo]
| D#   | G# D# | D#   | A#   |
| D#   | G# D# | D# A# | D#   |
 
| D#   | G# D# | D#   | A#   |
| D#   | G# D# | D# A# | D#   |
 
| G#   | Cm    | G#   | A#   |
| D# G# |  Cm | D# A# | D#   |


[Verse 3]
   D#                  D#
I sit in and dwell on faces past
     Cm               Cm
Like memories seem to fade
      G#            G#
No color left but black and white
    Cm                  A#
And soon will all turn grey
              D#               D#
But may these shadows rise to walk again
      Cm           Cm
With lessons truly learnt
         G#                  G#
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts
      Cm               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#            Gm       Cm
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
        D#       A#    D#
Singin' drunken lullabies


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