by: AssassiN_DUDE

     G        C           G 
His eyes shot up and his last breath spoke 
                      Em 
He had seen all to be seen 
  G          C            G 
A life once full, now an empty vase 
          D                    G 
With the blossoms on his early grave 
      C                 G 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        Em               D 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G       C             G 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D                   G 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

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Then the rosary beads count them one, two, three 
                           Em 
Fell apart as they hit the floor. 
       G       C             G 
In our garb of black we must pay respect 
       D                   G 
To the color we're born to mourn. 
       C                 G 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        Em               D 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G       C             G 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D                   G 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

G C G E 
G C G D G 

        G           C             G 
In his place there grew an angry festered wound 
                         Em 
Filled with hatred and remorse 
          G        C                G 
Where I'd pick and scratch till the blood it matched 
           D                      G 
The silent rage now that fills my lungs 
              G    C              G 
For there are many ways to kill a man they say 
     Em 
With bayonette, axe, or sword 
    G            C            G 
But son a bullet fired from a shapeless guise 
               D                   G 
Leaves but the shell of a Thompson gun. 

      C                 G 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        Em               D 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G       C             G 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D                   G 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

G C G E 
G C G D G 


Em (hold)        Em (hold)      D 
From the Eastern to the Western shore 
Em (hold)          Em (hold)      D 
Where many men and many more will fall. 
       C                   G 
But no angel flies with me tonight 
     Em                D 
Till freedom reigns on all 
              G        C        G 
And curse the name for which we slaved our days 
           D                     G 
Till every man shall his kingdom come 

G C G E 
G C G D G 
C G E D 
G C G D G 

            G           C            G 
But sure as night turns day ends the passion play 
                         Em 
Oh my god what have they done 
     G        C              G 
With madman's rage well they dug our graves 
        D                   G 
But the dead rise again you fools 

      C                 G 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        Em               D 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G       C             G 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D                   G 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 
      C                 G 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        Em               D 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G       C             G 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
[N.C]                   
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

G C G D G

best played with a glas of whiskey ;) cheers