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 D (xx0232@1)                         GKids (320003@1)wear white garters and smell like their mothers
       C (x32010@1)                   GWhose (320003@1)husbands and fathers alike
              D (xx0232@1)                    CDrink (x32010@1)black beer in the same public houses
 C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)             GSmelling (320003@1)of smoke and strong whiskey

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  D (xx0232@1)                     GMammies (320003@1)and daddies and skipping ropes
    C (x32010@1)                GLectures (320003@1)from priests, living in hope
 D (xx0232@1)                       CThey've (x32010@1)not mistaken the brand of their coats
  C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)      GPaid (320003@1)for by their spiritual teachings

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   D (xx0232@1)                   GA (320003@1)busy year this, the streets running red
 C (x32010@1)                GHow (320003@1)many sent to a nuptial bed
         D (xx0232@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)how many sent home to a winter of graves
         C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)         GAnd (320003@1)how many wait in for the slaughter

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G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)     DOh (xx0232@1)         the holy ground
  C (x32010@1)                                                     D (xx0232@1)             
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)     DOh (xx0232@1)         the holy ground
    C (x32010@1)                                                 DThe (xx0232@1)far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be

Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)      D (xx0232@1)                 GIt's (320003@1)Easter again and we cannot forget
 C (x32010@1)                      GBrothers (320003@1)and sisters and all that was said
     D (xx0232@1)                        CSo (x32010@1)practice your pipes, stand proud in the wet
         C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        GBut (320003@1)the eyes of the world are upon you

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 D (xx0232@1)                  GGod (320003@1)in his mercy has given us men
    C (x32010@1)                       GTo (320003@1)lead us to peace but they can't bring an end
        D (xx0232@1)                       CTo (x32010@1)the profits that pay off the lease on the land
     C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)       GWe (320003@1)still send them over the water

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 D (xx0232@1)                  GSeventeen (320003@1)years and Kelly's a man
     C (x32010@1)                         GWho (320003@1)stands on the street with a gun in his hand
         D (xx0232@1)                     CHe's (x32010@1)Protecting the pipers that play in the band
           C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)          GWhile (320003@1)the enemy waits with an army

G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)       DOh (xx0232@1)           the holy ground
C (x32010@1)                                                       DCeud (xx0232@1)mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)       DOh (xx0232@1)           the holy ground
     C (x32010@1)                                               DThe (xx0232@1)far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be

Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)               GDia (320003@1)le hEireann, suckle the empire
C (x32010@1)               GDia (320003@1)le hEireann, suffer the loss
         D (xx0232@1)                       COf (x32010@1)the green to the blue while the media feeds
         C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)         GOn (320003@1)the blood and the pain and the hatred

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D (xx0232@1)                       GFather (320003@1)walks home on the colourless night
         C (x32010@1)              GAnd (320003@1)the organisation has blinded his sight
     D (xx0232@1)                   GHis (320003@1)wife and his kids are sleeping tonight
        C (x32010@1)                     DIn (xx0232@1)the arms of sweet Jesus and Mary

G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)      DOh (xx0232@1)           the holy ground
C (x32010@1)                                                       DCeud (xx0232@1)mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)       DOh (xx0232@1)            the holy ground
     C (x32010@1)                                               DThe (xx0232@1)far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be

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