G C G His eyes they closed and his last breath spokeEm He had seen all to be seenG C G a life once full, now an empty vaseD G With the blossoms on his early graveC G Walk away me boy, walk away me boyEm D And by mornin' we'll be freeG C G Wipe the golden tear from your mother dearD G And raise what's left of the flag for me. -no chords- Then the rosary beads count them one, two, threeEm Fell apart as they hit the floor.G C G In our garb of black we must pay respectD G To the color we're born to mourn.C G Walk away me boys, walk away me boysEm D And by mornin' we'll be freeG C G Wipe the golden tear from your mother dearD G And raise what's left of the flag for me. Interlude:G C G Em G C G D G G C G In his place there grew an angry festered woundEm Filled with hatred and remorseG C G Where I'd pick and scratch till the blood it matchedD G The silent rage now that fills my lungsG C G For there are many ways to kill a man they sayEm With bayonet, axe, or swordG C G But son a bullet fired from a shapeless guiseD G Leaves but the shell of a Thompson gun. C G Walk away me boys, walk away me boysEm D And by mornin' we'll be freeG C G Wipe the golden tear from your mother dearD G And raise what's left of the flag for me. Interlude:G C G Em G C G D G Em - hold - Em - hold - D From the Eastern to the Western shoreEm - hold - Em - hold - D Where many men and many more will fall. C G But no angel flies with me tonightEm D Till freedom reigns on allG C G And curse the name for which we slaved our daysD G Till every man shall his kingdom come Interlude:A D A F#m A D A E A D A F#m E A D A E A G C G But sure as night turns day ends the passion playEm Oh my god what have they doneG C G With madman's rage well they dug our gravesD G But the dead rise again you fools C G Walk away me boys, walk away me boysEm D And by mornin' we'll be freeG C G Wipe the golden tear from your mother dearD G And raise what's left of the flag for me. C G Walk away me boys, walk away me boysEm D - hold - And by mornin' we'll be freeG - hold - C G - hold - Wipe the golden tear from your mother dear - no chord - And raise what's left of the flag for me. Outro: G C G D G
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