Intro
A E A E A E A E
[Verse 1]
B E
Kids wear white garters and smell like their mothers
A E
Whose husbands and fathers alike
B A
Drink black beer in the same public houses
A B E
Smelling of smoke and strong whiskey
A E
B E
Mammies and daddies and skipping ropes
A E
Lectures from priests, living in hope
B A
They've not mistaken the brand of their coats
A B E
Paid for by their spiritual teachings
A E
B E
F# busy year this, the streets running red
A E
How many sent to a nuptial bed
B A
And how many sent home to a winter of graves
A B E
And how many wait in for the slaughter
A E
[Chorus]
E A B
Oh the holy ground
A F#m B
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
E A B
Oh the holy ground
A F#m B
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be
[Bridge]
C#m F#m C#m F#m
[Verse 2]
B E
It's Easter again and we cannot forget
A E
Brothers and sisters and all that was said
B A
So practice your pipes, stand proud in the wet
A B E
But the eyes of the world are upon you
A E
B E
God in his mercy has given us men
A E
To lead us to peace but they can't bring an end
B A
To the profits that pay off the lease on the land
A B E
We still send them over the water
A E
B E
Seventeen years and Kelly's a man
A E
Who stands on the street with a gun in his hand
B A
He's Protecting the pipers that play in the band
A B E
While the enemy waits with an army
[Chorus]
E A B
Oh the holy ground
A F#m B
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
E A B
Oh the holy ground
A F#m B
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be
[Bridge]
C#m F#m C#m F#m
[Verse 3]
B E
Dia le hEireann, suckle the empire
A E
Dia le hEireann, suffer the loss
B A
Of the green to the blue while the media feeds
A B E
On the blood and the pain and the hatred
A E
B E
Father walks home on the colourless night
A E
And the organisation has blinded his sight
B E
His wife and his kids are sleeping tonight
A B
In the arms of sweet Jesus and Mary
[Chorus]
E A B
Oh the holy ground
A F#m B
Ceud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see
E A B
Oh the holy ground
A F#m B
The far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be
(Repeat to Fade)
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