Belfast Child

ORDER: I V1 PC C1 INT1 V2 PC C2 INT2 B1 INT3 B2 INT4 FC [INTRO] (pedal D)    | |    | | Cadd9 /   | | [VERSE 1]         n.c. When my love said to me Meet me down by the gallow tree For it’s sad news I bring                G7sus4    G                 D About this old town  and all that it’s offering [PRE-CHORUS]          Cadd9   G D Some say troubles abound          Cadd9              G                 D Some day soon they’re gonna pull the old town down [CHORUS 1] One day we’ll return here When the Belfast Child sings again [INTERLUDE 1] | | | [VERSE 2]           n.c.                   D Brothers sisters where are you now?      Cadd9       G                  D As I look for you right through the crowd        Cadd9    G     D All my life here I’ve spent         G7sus4            G                     D With my faith in God the Church and the Government [PRE-CHORUS]          Cadd9   G D Some say troubles abound          Cadd9              G                 D Some day soon they’re gonna pull the old town down [CHORUS 2] One day we’ll return here When the Belfast Child sings again          When the Belfast Child sings again       [INTERLUDE 2] (8/8 section) | | | | (bass pedal D) Cadd9 G | D | Cadd9 G | D | Cadd9 G | D | Cadd9 G | D | (add synth) Cadd9 G | D | Cadd9 G | D | Cadd9 G | D | Cadd9 G | D | (add rhythm guitar) Cadd9 G | D |         Cadd9 G | D |                  [BRIDGE 1]             Cadd9  G                         D So come back Billy won’t you come on home?           Cadd9 G                            D Come back Mary  you’ve been away so long                 Cadd9 G                      D The streets are empty and your mother’s gone               Cadd9  G                       D The girls are crying it’s been oh so long                   Cadd9   G                  D And your father’s calling come on home                   Cadd9 G                    D Won’t you come on home?  Come on home [INTERLUDE 3] Bass D Cadd9 G | D |         Cadd9 G | D |                  [BRIDGE 2]               Cadd9 G                             D Oh come on people   you’ve been gone a while                Cadd9  G                           D And the war is raging through the Emerald Isle                  Cadd9     G                      D That’s flesh and blood man that’s flesh and blood                   Cadd9 G                         D All the girls are crying but all’s not lost                 Cadd9 G                           D The streets are empty the streets are cold                   Cadd9 G                         D Won’t you come on home?  Won’t you come on home [INTERLUDE 4] | | Cadd9            G         D      The streets are empty      Life goes on...        Cadd9 G | D |     | |       | |       | | [FINAL CHORUS] One day we’ll return here When the Belfast Child sings again         When the Belfast Child sings again