Drunken Lullabies Chords by Flogging Molly
- Key: G
- BPM: 154
- Capo: no capo
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DRUNKEN LULLABIES CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] D7 E7 D7 E7 G E7 G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G D G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G Must it take a life for hateful eyes Em To glisten once again C Five hundred years like gelignite Em D Have blown us all to hell G What saviour rests while on his cross we die Em Forgotten freedom burns C Has the shepherd led his lambs astray Em D To the bigot and the gun [Chorus] C G Must it take a life for hateful eyes C D To glisten once again G C Bm Em 'cause we find ourselves in the same old mess G Singing drunken lullabies [Inst] C G D G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G I watch and stare as Roisín's eyes Em Turn a darker shade of red C And the bullet with this sniper lie Em D In their bloody gutless cell G Must we starve on crumbs from long ago Em Through bars these men made steel C Is it a great or little thing we fought Em D Knelt the conscience blessed to kill [Chorus] C G Must it take a life for hateful eyes C D To glisten once again G C G 'cause we find ourselves in the same old mess D G Singing drunken lullabies C G Ah but maybe it's the way we're taught C D G Ah but maybe it's the way we fought C D G C But a smile never grins without tears to begin D G For each kiss is a cry we all lost C G Though nothing is left to gain C D But for the banshee that stole the grave G C G Em 'cause we find ourselves in the same old mess G D Singing drunken lullabies [Inst] G G7 G G7 D7 A7 G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] G D G C G D G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em C D G C Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G D G ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G I sit and dwell on faces past Em Like memories seem to fade C No colour left but black and white Em D And soon will all turn grey G But may these shadows rise to walk again Em With lessons truly learnt C When the blossom flowers in each our hearts Em D Shall beat a newfound flame [Chorus] C G Must ■ it take a life for hateful eyes C D To glisten once again G C Bm7 Em 'cause we find ourselves in the same old mess G D G Singing drunken lullabies ■ C Em 'cause we find ourselves in the same old mess G Singing drunken lullabies D G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ D G Singing drunken lullabies ■ [End]