Christy Moore – Dunnes Stores (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Note: Each measure "| |" is 4 beats. Measure with two chords given, e.g. | A B | is the equivalent of
| A / B / |. Use of the % instructs how many times to repeat the preceding measure, so | Am | % x3 | is the
equivalent of 4 measures of Am. Also, I'm not 100% confident on the penultimate measure of the verse,
| Em E |. There may be something else going on there, but this is close enough. I don't have the intro
either, but vamping on Am will more than suffice.
Verse: | Am | % x3 | Dm Am | % | Am C | Em E | E |
Chorus: | Am | Em | Am C | Em Am | Am | % |
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Am Close your eyes and come with me back to 1984 Am We'll take a walk down Henry Street to Dunnes department store Dm Am Dm Am The supermarket is busy and the registers make a din Am C Em E The groceries go rolling out and the cash comes rolling in Am Mary Manning is at the checkout and she's trying to keep warm Am When a customer comes up to her with a basket on her arm Am Dm Am Dm The contents of the basket Mary's future was to shape Am C Em E For the label clearly stated "Produce of the Cape" Am "I can't check out your oranges missus now won't you bring them back Am For they come from South Africa where white oppresses black Am Dm Am Dm I'd have it on my conscience and I couldn't sleep at night Am C Em E If I helped support a system that denies black people's rights" Am Our union says don't handle them it's the least that we can do Am We fought oppression here for centuries we'll help them fight it too Am Dm Am Dm The managers descended in an avalanche of suits Am C Em E And Mary was suspended 'cause she wouldn't touch the fruits Am Em Am Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores, Dunnes Stores C Em Am Am C Em Am In St. Bernard better value beats them all Am Her friends were all behind her and the union gave support Am They called a strike and their pickets brought all Dunnes stores to a halt Am Dm Am Dm No-one was going to tell the boss, what he bought or sold Am C Em E These women are only workers, they must do as they are told Am Isn't that just typical of Apartheid's cruel law Am It's not just in South Africa, the rich trampling the poor Am Dm Am Dm He wouldn't have a boycott, he couldn't give a Tinker's curse Am C Em E It doesn't matter how he fills the shelves so long as he lines his purse
(CHORUS)
Am The messages came rolling from all around the world Am For such concern and sacrifice, and for courage brave and bold Am Dm Am Dm When fourteen months were over ten women and a man Am C Em E Had helped to raise black consciousness all around the land Am Clery's in O'Connell Street wouldn't sell South African shoes Am Bestman sent all their clothes back, Roche's stores their booze Am Dm Am Dm Until all South Africa goods were taken off the shelves in Dunnes Am C Em E Mary Manning was down in Henry Street, sticking to her guns
(CHORUS)
Dunnes stores in St. Bernard better value beats them all.
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If you want to play this without a capo, the chords are as follows:
Verse: | Dm | % x3 | Gm Dm | % | Dm F | Am A | A |
Chorus: | Dm | Am | Dm F | Am Dm | Dm | % |