Mount Street Bridge chords by Fiach Moriarty
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Verse 1
(D major) When I was a young lad
I worked as a postal (G major) boy (E minor) (G major)
(D major) In a slick navy outfit,
I cycled all day (G major) and night (E minor) (G major)
(E minor) Now I'm a young man,
(B minor) (D major) (G major) (A major) it's time for a new (D major) plan
Verse 2
(D major) (A major)
I've a pressed (D major) shirt on my back
Polished boots so shiny (G major) and black (E minor) (G major)
A (D major) beret to match them
Trousers that taper (G major) at the hem
(E minor) Now I'm a young man (D major) (G major)
(D major) It's (F sharp minor) time to roll (D major) back (E minor) my shoulders
An (A major) d be a good honest sol (D major) dier
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Verse 3
(D major) Three months and counting
I've been stationed in Not (G major) tingham
Tomorrow (D major) we set sail
With a battallion from (G major) Tottenham
For (E major) Kingstown Harbour (F sharp major)
For a (D major) one- day opera (E major) tion
An (E minor) army of rebels
(A major) Cease their illegal occu (D major) pation
Verse 4
(D major) Down by the schoolhouse
At the corner of Moun (G major) t
Street Bridge
The crack (D major) of a bullet
Echoes from the Sur (G major) geon's College
And (B minor) here by the canal (F sharp major)
A si (D major) lence descends (B minor) like (E major) death
Little (E minor) do some know
(A major) They're about to draw
their (D major) final breath
Verse 5
(D major) Officer Rigby
Screams for a forward (G major) march
For a well (D major) drilled army
A handful of firebrands can
be (G major) no match (A major) (G major)
But if (E minor) there's a God in the Heavens (F sharp minor)
(D major) He'll protect (G major) me and my friend (F sharp minor) s (D major)
For we've been (E minor) good Christi (F sharp minor) ans
(D major) (F sharp minor) Hard- (G major) working Briton (F sharp minor) s
(D major) And (F sharp minor) when the
Verse 6
(E minor) day is done
My time (F sharp minor) will come
But not (G major) yet for I've so much to (F sharp minor) do
Fall in love, settle (E minor) down
Start a family (F sharp minor)
(D major) Watch them grow (F sharp minor) up (G major) to be like me
(D major) Or their beautiful mother
(E minor) Or a mix of both
(F sharp minor) I don't mind (D major) once their healthy (G major)
I'll keep them safe
(F sharp minor) Just (D major) let me get past this (E minor) bridge
I don't want to be here
(F sharp minor) I'm crippled (D major) with fear
(G minor) I'm frozen and frightene (D major) d
And the deafening silence (E minor) (F sharp minor) (D major)
(G major) (A major) (D major) The silence (A major) is killing (D major) me
Outro 1
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(E minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (D minor) (E major) (E flat major)
Mount Street Bridge
Fiach Moriarty
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