Banana Republic

Boomtown Rats

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  • C
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  • Em
  • G
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Key:
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|Dm |C |Dm |C |
|Am |Dm |G | [Chorus]
Dm C Banana Republic, Septic Isle
Dm C Screaming in the Suffering sea, sounds like cry, cry, crying
Dm C Everywhere I go yeah, Everywhere I see
Dm G The black and blue uniforms, Police and priests [Verse]
Dm C And I wonder do you wonder While you're sleeping with your whore
Dm C That sharing beds with history is like a-licking running sores
Dm C Forty shades of green yeah, Sixty shades of red
Dm G Heroes going cheap these days, Price: a bullet in the head [Chorus]
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Dm C Banana Republic, Septic Isle
Dm C Suffer in the Screaming sea, sounds like die, die, dying
Dm C Everywhere I go yeah, Everywhere I see
Dm G The black and blue uniforms, Police and priests [Verse]
Dm C Take your hand and lead you up a garden path
Dm C Let me stand aside here and watch you pass
Dm C Striking up a soldier's song, I know that tune
Dm G It begs too many questions, and answers too [Chorus]
Dm C Banana Republic, Septic Isle
Dm C Suffer in the Screaming sea, sounds like die, die, dying
Dm C Everywhere I go yeah, Everywhere I see
Dm G The black and blue uniforms, Police and priests [Verse]
Dm C The purple and the pinstripe They mutely shake their heads
Dm C A silence shrieking volumes, A violence worse than they condemn
Dm C Stab you in the back yeah, Laughing in your face
Dm G Glad to see the place again - It's a pity nothing's changed [Chorus]
Dm C Banana Republic, Septic Isle
Dm C Suffer in the Screaming sea, sounds like die, die, dying
Dm C Everywhere I go yeah, Everywhere I see
Dm G The black and blue uniforms, Police and priests (priests, priests, priests....) [Bass Reggae Outro]
|C |Em |Bb |Am G |
|C |Em |Bb |Am G |
|Dm |C |Dm |C |G |
|C |Em |Bb |Am G |
Song details

Composition: Bob Geldof and Pete Briquette

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