Faithful Departed - Christy Moore Chords
Chords: C, Am, F, G, E, D
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Genre: folk, rock, irish folk
C Am
This graveyard hides a million secrets,
C Am
And the trees know more than they can tell.
C F
The ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt you,
G C
In heaven and in hell.
C Am
Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy man,
C Am
And livin' in the shadows, in the shadows of a gunman.
C F
Rattled like the coppers in your greasy till,
G C
Rattled until time stood still.
C Am
Look over your shoulder, hear the school bell ring,
C Am
Another day of made-to-measure history.
C F
I don't care if your heroes have wings,
G C
Your terrible beauty has been torn.
[Chorus]
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
F E C G
As you are now so once were we.
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
F E D G
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee.
C Am
The girls in the kips proclaim their love for you
C Am
When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two.
C F
They cursed you on Sundays and holy days of abstinence,
G C
When you all stayed away.
C Am
When you slept there a naked bulb hid your shame,
C Am
Your shadows on the wall, they took all the blame.
C F
The Sacred Heart's picture, compassion in his eyes,
G C
Drowned out the river of sighs.
C Am
Let the grass grow green over the brewery tonight,
C Am
It'll never come between the darkness and the light.
C F
There is no pain that can't be eased,
G C
By the devil's holy water and the rosary beads.
[Chorus]
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
F E C G
As you are now so once were we.
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
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