Belfast Child

Simple Minds

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Key:
[Intro] D C G D
C G D C9 G/B D
D When my love said to me
C G D Meet me down by the gallow tree
C G D For it's sad news I bring
G7sus4 G About this old town and all that
D it's offering
C9 G D Some say troubles abound
C9 G Some day soon they're gonna pull
D the old town down
G D One day we'll return here
C G D When the belfast child sings again
( C G D )
D Brothers sisters where are you now
C9 G As I look for you right through
D the crowd
C9 G D All my life here I've spent
G7sus4 G With my faith in God the church
D and the government
C9 G D But there's sadness abound
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C9 G Some day soon they're gonna pull
D the old town down
G D One day we'll return here
Am7 G D When the belfast child sings again
C G D
Am7 G D When the belfast child sings again
C G D
( C9 G D C9 G D )
( C9 G D C9 G D )
( C9 G D C9 G D )
( C9 G D C9 G D )
( C9 G D C9 G D )
C9 G Some come back billy, won't you
D come on home
C9 G Come back mary, you've been away
D so long
C9 G The streets are empty, and your
D mother's gone
C9 G The girls are crying, it's been oh
D so long
C9 G And your father's calling, come on
D home
C9 G Won't you come on home, won't you
D come on home
( C9 G D C9 G D )
C9 G Come back people, you've been gone
D a while
C9 G And the war is raging, in the
D emerald isle
C9 G That's flesh and blood man, that's
D flesh and blood
C9 G All the girls are crying but all's
D not lost
C9 G The streets are empty, the streets
D are cold
C9 G Won't you come on home, won't you
D come on home
( C6/9 G D )
C9 G D The streets are empty
C G/B D Life goes on
( C9 G D Am7 G D )
( D G D C G D )
G D One day we'll return here
C G When the belfast child sings
D C G D again
C G When the belfast child sings
D C G D again
Song details

Composition: Jim Kerr (Gb 1), Simple Minds, and Mc Neil Michael Joseph

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