Black Boys On Mopeds chords by Sinéad O'Connor (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(B major) (F sharp major) (E/B) (E/B)
(B major) (F sharp major) (E/B) (E/B)
Verse 1
(B major) Margaret Thatcher (F sharp major) on TV (E/B)
Shocked by the deaths (B major)
that took place (F sharp major) in Beijing (E/B)
It seems strange (B major)
that she should (F sharp major) be offended (E/B)
The same orders (B major) are (F sharp major) given by her (E/B)
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Verse 2
(B major) I've said (F sharp major) this before now (E/B)
You said I was (B major) childish
and you'll (F sharp major) say it now (E/B)
(B major) Remem (F sharp major) ber what I (E/B) told you:
If (B major) they hated me (F sharp major)
they will hate (E/B) you
Chorus 1
England's not the (B major) mythical (F sharp major) land
of (E/B) Madame George and roses
It's the (B major) home of po (F sharp major) lice who kill
(E/B) black boys on mopeds
And (B major) I love my boy (F sharp major)
and (E/B) that's why I'm leaving
I don't (B major) want him to be a (F sharp major) ware that there's
(E/B) Any such thing as grieving
Verse 3
(B major) Young mother down (F sharp major) at Smithfield (E/B)
5 am, (B major) looking for (F sharp major) food for her kids (E/B)
In her arms (B major) she holds (F sharp major) three cold ba (E/B) bies
And the first (B major) word that they (F sharp major) learned
was (E/B) "please"
Verse 4
(B major) These are (F sharp major) dangerous days (E/B)
To say what you feel (B major)
is to dig (F sharp major)
your own grave (E/B)
(B major) Remem (F sharp major) ber what I (E/B) told you:
If you were (B major) of the world (F sharp major)
they would love (E/B) you
Chorus 2
England's not the (B major) mythical (F sharp major) land
of (E/B) Madame George and roses
It's the (B major) home of po (F sharp major) lice who kill
(E/B) black boys on mopeds
And (B major) I love my (F sharp major) boy
and (E/B) that's why I'm leaving
I don't (B major) want him to be a (F sharp major) ware that there's
(E/B) Any such thing as grieving
Outro 1
(B major) Ooh... (F sharp major) (E/B) (E/B)
(B major) Ooh... (F sharp major) (E/B) (E/B)
(B major) Ooh... (F sharp major) (E/B) (E/B)
(B major) Ooh... (F sharp major) (E/B)
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