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SOL DO SOL
His eyes shot up and his last breath spoke
MIm
He had seen all to be seen
SOL DO SOL
A life once full, now an empty vase
RE SOL
With the blossoms on his early grave
DO SOL
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy
MIm RE
And by mornin' we'll be free
SOL DO SOL
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear
RE SOL
And raise what's left of the flag for me.
[N.C.] X X X
Then the rosary beads count them one, two, three
MIm
Fell apart as they hit the floor.
SOL DO SOL
In our garb of black we must pay respect
RE SOL
To the color we're born to mourn.
DO SOL
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy
MIm RE
And by mornin' we'll be free
SOL DO SOL
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear
RE SOL
And raise what's left of the flag for me.
SOLCGE
SOLCGDG
SOL DO SOL
In his place there grew an angry festered wound
MIm
Filled with hatred and remorse
SOL DO SOL
Where I'd pick and scratch till the blood it matched
RE SOL
The silent rage now that fills my lungs
DO SOL
For there are many ways to kill a man they say
MIm
With bayonette, axe, or sword
SOL DO SOL
But son a bullet fired from a shapeless guise
RE SOL
Leaves but the shell of a Thompson gun.
DO SOL
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy
MIm RE
And by mornin' we'll be free
SOL DO SOL
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear
RE SOL
And raise what's left of the flag for me.
SOLCGE
SOLCGDG
Em (hold) Em (hold) D
From the Eastern to the Western shore
Em (hold) Em (hold) D
Where many men and many more will fall.
DO SOL
But no angel flies with me tonight
MIm RE
Till freedom reigns on all
SOL DO SOL
And curse the name for which we slaved our days
RE SOL
Till every man shall his kingdom come
SOLCGE
SOLCGDG
DOGED
SOLCGDG
SOL DO SOL
But sure as night turns day ends the passion play
MIm
Oh my god what have they done
SOL DO SOL
With madman's rage well they dug our graves
RE SOL
But the dead rise again you fools
DO SOL
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy
MIm RE
And by mornin' we'll be free
SOL DO SOL
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear
RE SOL
And raise what's left of the flag for me.
DO SOL
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy
MIm RE
And by mornin' we'll be free
SOL DO SOL
Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear
[N.C]
And raise what's left of the flag for me.
SOLCGDG
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