Belfast Child chords by
Simple Minds

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Key: G major

Intro 1

D

C

G

D

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D

Verse 1
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
When my love said to me
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Meet me down by the gallow tree
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
For it's sad news I bring
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
About this old town and all that it's offering
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Some say troubles abound
C C 
 
G G 
 
Some day soon they're gonna pull
D D 
 
the old town down
G G 
 
D D 
 
One day we'll return here
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
When the Belfast Child sings again
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
D D

Verse 2
D D 
 
Brothers, sisters where are you now
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
As I look for you right through the crowd
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
All my life here I've spent
C C 
 
With my faith in God,
G G 
 
D D 
 
the Church and the Government
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Some say troubles abound
C C 
 
G G 
 
Some day soon they're gonna pull
D D 
 
the old town down
G G 
 
D D 
 
One day we'll return here
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
When the Belfast Child sings again
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
When the Belfast Child sings again
C C 
 
G G

Solo 1
D D 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D

Verse 3
C C 
 
G G 
 
Some come back, Billy,
D D 
 
won't you come on home
C C 
 
G G 
 
Come back Mary,
D D 
 
you've been away so long
C C 
 
G G 
 
The streets are empty,
D D 
 
and your mother's gone
C C 
 
G G 
 
The girls are crying,
D D 
 
it's been oh so long
C C 
 
G G 
 
And your father's calling,
D D 
 
come on home
C C 
 
G G 
 
Won't you come on home
D D 
 
Come on home

Interlude 1

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D

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Verse 4
C C 
 
G G 
 
Come back people,
D D 
 
you've been gone a while
C C 
 
G G 
 
And the war is raging,
D D 
 
in the Emerald Isle
C C 
 
G G 
 
That's flesh and blood man,
D D 
 
that's flesh and blood
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
All the girls are crying but all's not lost
C C 
 
G G 
 
The streets are empty,
D D 
 
the streets are cold
C C 
 
G G 
 
Won't you come on home
D D 
 
Won't you come on home

Interlude 2
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
The streets are empty
D D 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Life goes on
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D

Outro 1

G

D

One day we'll return here

C

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D

C

G

When the Belfast Child sings again

D

C

G

D

When the Belfast Child sings again

C

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D

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