[Intro] G  C  G  D
        G  C  G  D  G

[First Part]

         G
Must it take a life

For hateful eyes
     Em
To glisten once again
      C
Five hundred years

Like gelignite
       Em             D
Have blown us all to hell

(To hell!)
      G
What savior rests while on

His cross we die
    Em
Forgotten freedom burns
          C
Has the Shepherd led

His lambs astray
        Em            D
To the bigot and the gun

[Chorus]

         C
Must it take a life
     G
For hateful eyes
     C            D
To glisten once again
           G       C
‘Cause we find ourselves

        Bm       Em
In the same old mess
          G      D    G
Singin' drunken lullabies

( G  C  G  D )
( G  C  G  D  G )

[Segunda Parte]

   G
I watch and stare

As Roisin's eyes
        Em
Turn a darker shade of red
         C
And the bullet with

This sniper lie
           Em            D
In their bloody gutless cell
          G
Must we starve on crumbs

From long ago
         Em
Through bars these

Men made steel
          C
Is it a great or

Little thing we fought
           Em
Knelt the conscience
            D
Blessed to kill

[Chorus]

         C
Must it take a life
     G
For hateful eyes
     C            D
To glisten once again
           G       C
‘Cause we find ourselves
        Bm       Em
In the same old mess
          G      D    G
Singin' drunken lullabies

[Bridge]

         C              D
Ah, but maybe it's the way
          G
We we’re taught
    C              D
Or maybe it's the way
    G
We fought
        C           D
But a smile never grins
         G          C
Without tears to begin
                     D
For each kiss is a cry
        G
We all lost

[Pre-Chorus]

        C                  G
Though nothing is left to gain
             C
But for the banshee
                 D
That stole the grave

[Chorus]

           G       C
‘Cause we find ourselves
        Bm       Em
In the same old mess
          G      D    G
Singin' drunken lullabies

[Solo] G  C  G  D
       G  C  G  D  G
       C  Em  C  D
       G  C  Bm  Em
       G  D  G

[Terceira Parte]

   G
I sit in and dwell

On faces past
      Em
Like memories seem to fade
    C
No color left

But black and white
     Em                   D
And soon we'll all turn grey
                G
But may these shadows

Rise to walk again
      Em
With lessons truly learnt
           C
When the blossom flowers

In each our hearts
       Em                D
Shall beat a new found flame

[Final Chorous]

         C
Must it take a life
     G
For hateful eyes
     C            D
To glisten once again
           G       C
‘Cause we find ourselves
        Bm       Em
In the same old mess
          G      D    G
Singin' drunken lullabies

           G       C
‘Cause we find ourselves
        Bm       Em
In the same old mess
          G      D    G
Singin' drunken lullabies

( C  Bm  Em )

          G      D    G
Singin' drunken lullabies