Belfast Child original guitar chords by 
Simple Minds 
Key: G major•
Intro 1
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
D
Verse 1
C
G/B
D
When my love said to me
C
G/B
D
Meet me down by the gallow tree
C
G/B
D
For it's sad news I bring
C
G/B
D
About this old town and all that it's offering
C
G/B
D
Some say troubles abound
C
G/B
Some day soon they're gonna pull
G
D
One day we'll return here
C
G/B
D
When the Belfast Child sings again
C
G/B
D
D
Verse 2
C
G/B
D
As I look for you right through the crowd
C
G/B
D
All my life here I've spent
G/B
D
the Church and the Government
C
G/B
D
Some say troubles abound
C
G/B
Some day soon they're gonna pull
G
D
One day we'll return here
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
When the Belfast Child sings again
D
C
G/B
D
When the Belfast Child sings again
C
G/B
Solo 1
D
D
D
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
Verse 3
C
G/B
Some come back, Billy,
C
G/B
Come back Mary,
C
G/B
The streets are empty,
C
G/B
The girls are crying,
C
G/B
And your father's calling,
C
G/B
Won't you come on home
Interlude 1
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
Verse 4
C
G/B
Come back people,
C
G/B
And the war is raging,
C
G/B
That's flesh and blood man,
C
G/B
D
All the girls are crying but all's not lost
C
G/B
The streets are empty,
C
G/B
Won't you come on home
Interlude 2
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
The streets are empty
Dsus4
Dsus4
C
G/B
D
Life goes on
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
D
D
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
D
Outro 1
G
D
One day we'll return here
C
G/B
D
C
G/B
When the Belfast Child sings again
D
C
G/B
D
When the Belfast Child sings again
C
G/B
D
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ChordsD C G/B G Dsus4
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