Book of Song

Drunken Lullabies

by Flogging Molly

Intro main banjo melody, then fiddle over:
[G] [C][G] [G] [D]
[G] [C][G] [G][D] [G]

Must it [G] take a life for [G] hateful eyes
To [Em] glisten once [Em] again
Five [C] hundred years like [C] Gelignite [blasting jelly]
Have [Em] blown us all to [D] hell (to hell!)

What [G] savior rests while on his [G] cross we die
For- [Em] gotten freedom [Em] burns
Has the [C] Shepherd led his [C] lambs astray
to the [Em] bigot and the [D] gun

Chorus
Must it [C] take a life for [G] hateful eyes
To [C] glisten once [D] again
Cause we [G] find our- [C] selves in the [Em] same old mess
Singin' [G] drunken [D] lulla- [G] bies

Repeat Intro

I watch and stare as Rosin's eyes [Roe-sheens]
Turn a darker shade of red
And the bullet with this sniper lie
In their bloody gutless cell

Must we starve on crumbs from long ago
Through these bars of man made steel
Is it a great or little thing we fought
Knelt the conscience blessed to kill

Chorus
Bridge
Ah, but [C] maybe it's the [D] way we're [G] taught
Or [C] maybe it's the [D] way we [G] fought
But a [C] smile never [D] grins without [G] tears to [C] begin
For each [C] kiss is a [D] cry we all [G] lost
Though [C] nothing left to [G] gain
But for the [C] banshee that stole the [D] grave
Cause we [G] find our- [C] selves in the [Em] same old mess
Singin' [G] drunken [D] lulla- [G] bies (right!)

Solo over Intro x3

I sit in and dwell on faces past
Like memories seem to fade
No color left but black and white
And soon will all turn grey

But may these shadows rise to walk again
With lessons truly learnt
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts
Shall beat a new found flame (the flame!)

Chorus

Cause we [G] find our- [C] selves in the [Em] same old mess
Singin' [G] drunken [D] lulla- [G] bies
Singin' [G] drunken [D] lulla- [G] bies