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