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


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


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


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


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


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


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