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