Flogging Molly - Life In A Tenement Square

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life in a tenement square

intro

Am C D G
Am C E

verse 1 :

Am C D G
well i kissed the day , i was on my way
Am C E
from those cold grey blocks of stone
Am C D G
for seventeen years of squalor filled tears
Am C G Am
a time now with innocence lost
C G
as the sun split the room with its rays filled with gloom
Am E7
turnin all hope to despair
Am C D G
and the only thing left was to flee from the nest
Am C G Am
that was life in a tenement square

interlude :

Am C D G
Am C G Am

verse 2 :
Am C D G
i remember the song where the rats sang along
Am C E
and danced for their daily bread
Am C D G
while the damp washed the walls that were twenty feet tall
Am C G Am
not a child in the house was fed
C G
on the porter filled face of the men left no trace
Am E7
of the coin they had already spent
Am C D G
while our mothers asked god what was hell ever for
Am C G Am
when you lived in a tenement square

bridge :

G Am
grab whats left of the coal from the ole cubbyhole
G Am
these cinders need more to be a fire
G Am
while the ghosts of the soldiers that lived there before us
C G Am
laugh with their guns by their sides
C G Am
i hear them laugh , with their guns by their sides

verse 3 :
Am C D G
now politicians they dwell in that forgotten hell
Am C E
our miserys been turned into news
Am C D G
where the fat of the land now hog , hand in hand
Am C G Am
a crime now of life was ever true
C G
as the sun split the room with its rays filled with gloom
Am E7
turnin all hope to despair
Am C D G
and the only thing left was to flee from the nest
Am C G Am
that was life in a tenement square