Tyrone Boys
Christy MooreVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Where John paints in Caribbean colours
And Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand
Flowers heaped in gesture on the courthouse steps in Kerry
And we trampled on the outstretched hand
Roman posters on the wall outside the graveyard
"No Divorce" is all they say
I saw a little sister of Mercy
Invoke the wrath of God on polling day.
Let me take you to the Island, where Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand
Oh the Island, where we trampled on the outstretched hand.
The lady sends squaddies on the water
Geordie don't be afraid to die
In blackened face he dreams of his darling bairns and hinny
On the watchtower overlooking aughnacloy
In Long Kesh the Tyrone Boys are dreaming
Of making love upon the strand some day
On the news came a mid-Atlantic accent
Plastic bullet has taken Julie Livingstone away
The King he came to see his people
And he took a soldier by the hand
Eyes averted from the Gloucester Diamond
To comfort those who occupy the land
High above the clouds a promised heaven
On the street a confused and homeless child
While men in black declare a social order
Frightened women sail to the other side
All the young ones are leaving the Island
Out the door, down the steps, around the side,
Unwanted they file through departure lounges
Like deportees dispersing far and wide
In the distance there's cricket in Cloughjordan
The gentle clack of croquet on the lawn
As our children shackled by illegal status
Hold their heads down behind the Brooklyn wall
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Readable chord sheet for Tyrone Boys by Christy Moore
[C]Where John paints in Caribbean co[F]lours [C]And Tyrone boys dream of loving on the [G]strand [F]Flowers heaped in gesture on the courtho[C]use steps in Kerry [F]And we trampled on the outstretc[G]hed hand [F]Roman posters on the wall outside the gr[C]aveyard [F]"No Divorce" is all they[C] say [F]I saw a little sister of[C] Mercy [F]Invoke the wrath of God on polli[G]ng day. [F]Let me take you to the I[C]sland, where Tyrone boys[F] dream of loving on the [C]strand [F]Oh the Isl[C]and, where we [F]trampled on the [G]outstretched hand. The lady sends squaddies on the water Geordie don't be afraid to die In blackened face he dreams of his darling bairns and hinny On the watchtower overlooking aughnacloy In Long Kesh the Tyrone Boys are dreaming Of making love upon the strand some day On the news came a mid-Atlantic accent Plastic bullet has taken Julie Livingstone away The King he came to see his people And he took a soldier by the hand Eyes averted from the Gloucester Diamond To comfort those who occupy the land High above the clouds a promised heaven On the street a confused and homeless child While men in black declare a social order Frightened women sail to the other side All the young ones are leaving the Island Out the door, down the steps, around the side, Unwanted they file through departure lounges Like deportees dispersing far and wide In the distance there's cricket in Cloughjordan The gentle clack of croquet on the lawn As our children shackled by illegal status Hold their heads down behind the Brooklyn wall CHORDS