Belfast Child - Simple Minds
Version 2 of 3
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[INTRO] (pedal )
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[VERSE 1]
n.c.
When my love said to me
Meet me down b
y the gallow t
ree
For it's sad n
ews I bring
About this old
town and all
that it's off
ering
[PRE-CHORUS]
Some say troub
les abound
Some day soon
they're gonna
pull the old t
own down
[CHORUS 1]
One day we'll
return here
When the Belfa
st Child sings
again
[INTERLUDE 1]
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[VERSE 2]
Brothers, sist
ers, where are
you now?
As I look for
you right thro
ugh the crowd
All my life he
re I've spent
With my faith
in God, the Ch
urch, and the
Government
[PRE-CHORUS]
Some say troub
les abound
Some day soon
they're gonna
pull the old t
own down
[CHORUS 2]
One day we'll
return here
When the Belfa
st Child sings
again
When the Belfa
st Child sings
again
[INTERLUDE 2] (8/8 section)
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(bass pedal )
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(add synth)
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(add rhythm guitar)
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[BRIDGE 1]
So come back B
illy, won't yo
u come on home
?
Come back Mary
, you've been
away so long
The streets ar
e empty, and y
our mother's g
one
The girls are
crying, it's b
een, oh, so lo
ng
And your fathe
r's calling, c
ome on home
Won't you come
on home? Com
e on home
[INTERLUDE 3] Bass
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[BRIDGE 2]
Oh come on peo
ple, you've
been gone a wh
ile
And the war is
raging, throu
gh the Emerald
Isle
That's flesh a
nd blood man,
that's flesh a
nd blood
All the girls
are crying but
all's not los
t
The streets ar
e empty, the s
treets are col
d
Won't you come
on home? Won
't you come on
home
[INTERLUDE 4]
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The stree
ts are empty
Life goes
on...
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[FINAL CHORUS]
One day we'll
return here
When the Belfa
st Child sings
again
When the Belfa
st Child sings
again