by: AssassiN_DUDE

     G5        C5           G5 
His eyes shot up and his last breath spoke 
                      E5 
He had seen all to be seen 
  G5          C5            G5 
A life once full, now an empty vase 
          D5                    G5 
With the blossoms on his early grave 
      C5                 G5 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        E5               D5 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G5       C5             G5 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D5                   G5 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

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Then the rosary beads count them one, two, three 
                           E5 
Fell apart as they hit the floor. 
       G5       C5             G5 
In our garb of black we must pay respect 
       D5                   G5 
To the color we're born to mourn. 
       C5                 G5 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        E5               D5 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G5       C5             G5 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D5                   G5 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

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G5 C5 G5 D5 G5 

        G5           C5             G5 
In his place there grew an angry festered wound 
                         E5 
Filled with hatred and remorse 
          G5        C5                G5 
Where I'd pick and scratch till the blood it matched 
           D5                      G5 
The silent rage now that fills my lungs 
              G5    C5              G5 
For there are many ways to kill a man they say 
     E5 
With bayonette, axe, or sword 
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But son a bullet fired from a shapeless guise 
               D5                   G5 
Leaves but the shell of a Thompson gun. 

      C5                 G5 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        E5               D5 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G5       C5             G5 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D5                   G5 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

G5 C5 G5 E5 
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E5 (hold)        E5 (hold)      D5 
From the Eastern to the Western shore 
E5 (hold)          E5 (hold)      D5 
Where many men and many more will fall. 
       C5                   G5 
But no angel flies with me tonight 
     E5                D5 
Till freedom reigns on all 
              G5        C5        G5 
And curse the name for which we slaved our days 
           D5                     G5 
Till every man shall his kingdom come 

G5 C5 G5 E5 
G5 C5 G5 D5 G5 
C5 G5 E5 D5 
G5 C5 G5 D5 G5 

            G5           C5            G5 
But sure as night turns day ends the passion play 
                         E5 
Oh my god what have they done 
     G5        C5              G5 
With madman's rage well they dug our graves 
        D5                   G5 
But the dead rise again you fools 

      C5                 G5 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        E5               D5 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G5       C5             G5 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
                  D5                   G5 
And raise what's left of the flag for me. 
      C5                 G5 
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy 
        E5               D5 
And by mornin' we'll be free 
         G5       C5             G5 
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear 
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And raise what's left of the flag for me. 

G5 C5 G5 D5 G5

best played with a glas of whiskey ;) cheers