Oliver Boy

first : first tab + i play the ukulele so i’m not 100% positive but it should sound
something like this :

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oliver boy – flogging molly
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chords used : Dm Am Em C D F A

[ slow part ]
Dm
oh! oliver boy what did you do?
Am
but crush the hand you never shook
Em Dm
then rob the rights of people to be free
Dm
oh! oliver boy it’s a terrible state
Am
you left behind a worse off race
Em Dm
where dignity and pride fought for their place
C Dm
oh! oliver boy now you are gone
Am Dm
and we’re still here where we belong
Am Dm
forgiveness being our strength you’ll never see

[ slow part over ]

Dm
now the sun shines on this page i write
Am
though it’s raining hard in palestine
Em
no lands are promised lands
Dm
when will we see?
[ Dm ]
so don’t tell me that your god’s my god
Am
i don’t think they even care at all
Em Dm
just a pantomime behind a curtain lies de – ceit

C Dm
oh listen to me bark out loud
Am Dm
with – out a voice and little growl
C Dm
snapping at the heels i wait
Am
for something more to change
Dm [ fades directly into chorus ]
the more they stay the same

[ chorus 1 ]
Dm
oliver boy! it’s the same militia
D
oliver boy! just the clothes are different
F
oliver boy! it’s the same old story
A Dm
where there’s blood there’s death not glory

Dm
look into these empty eyes
Am
fed upon by parasites
Em Dm
as beauty’s ugly head devours its plight
[ Dm ]
while the borders of our hate create
Am
nothing more than each our fate
Em Dm
trapped between our comfort and our crime
C Dm
so stand along the graveyard wall
Am Dm
and watch the souls per – form their song
C Dm
sing to us the dead above
Am
as the mourners come to pray
Dm
the living stay away

[ chorus 2 ]
Dm
oliver boy! it’s the same militia
D
oliver boy! just the clothes are different
F
oliver boy! it’s the same old story
A
where there’s blood there’s death not glory
Dm
oliver boy! we’re all someone’s sons
D
all of our boys! just put down the guns
F
oliver boy! you’re dead but listen
A Dm
you were wrong but we’re no diffe – rent

[ solo – not figured out ]

Dm D
marching to the left , everyone in step
Dm F A
don’t ask the question , why we’re here with no direction
Dm D
marching to the right , this is not our fight
Dm F A
the curse of friction , born of man and contradiction

[ chorus 2 ]

Dm
all of our boys!

[ slow part ]

Dm
now the sun shines on this page i write
Am A Dm
though it’s raining hard in pales – tine

enjoy!