Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 INT1 V2 PC C2 INT2 B1 INT3 B2 INT4 FC
[INTRO] (pedal D)
D
C G D | |
C G D | |
Cadd9 G/B D | |
[VERSE 1]
n.c.
When my love said to me
C G D Meet me down by the gallow tree C G D 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]
G D One day we'll return here C G D When the Belfast Child sings again
[INTERLUDE 1]
C G D | | |
[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]
G D One day we'll return here Am7 G D C G D When the Belfast Child sings again Am7 G D C G When the Belfast Child sings again
[INTERLUDE 2] (8/8 section)
D | | | |
(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]
C6/9 G | D |
Cadd9 G D The streets are empty C G/B D Life goes on...
Cadd9 G | D |
Am7 G | D |
D G | D |
C G | D |
[FINAL CHORUS]
G D One day we'll return here C G D C G D When the Belfast Child sings again C G D C G D When the Belfast Child sings again