Oliver Boy (All of Our Boys) chords by Flogging Molly

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Verse 1
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Am 
Oh! Oliver Boy what did you do?
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Am 
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But crush the hand you never shook
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Then rob the rights of people to be free
Oh! Oliver Boy it's a terrible state
You left behind a worse off race
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Where dignity and pride
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fought for their place
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E 
Oh! Oliver Boy now you are gone
And we're still here where
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we belong
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Forgiveness being our strength you'll never

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Verse 2
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Now the sun shines on this page I write
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Though it's raining hard in Palestine
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No lands are promised lands
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E 
Am 
When will we see?
So don't tell me that your
God's my God
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I don't think they even care at all
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Just a pantomime behind
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a curtain lies deceit
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E 
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Am 
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Oh listen to
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me bark out loud
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Am 
Without a voice and little growl
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C 
Snapping at the heels I wait
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For something more to change
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E 
The more they stay the same

Verse 3

Oliver Boy! It's the same militia

Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different

Oliver Boy! It's the same old story

Where there's blood

Verse 4
there's death not glory
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Look into these empty eyes
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Fed upon by parasites
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As beauty's ugly head devours
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E 
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its plight
While the borders of our hate create
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Nothing more than each our fate
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Trapped between our comfort
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and our crime
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C 
So stand along the graveyard wall
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Am 
And watch the souls perform their song
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C 
Sing to us the dead above
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As the mourners come to pray
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E 
The living stay away

Verse 5
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Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
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Oliver Boy! Just
the clothes are different
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Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
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Where there's blood there's
death not glory
Am 
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
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All of our Boys! Just put down their guns
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Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
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You were wrong but we're no dif

Interlude 2

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Verse 6
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C 
Marching to  the left,
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C 
everyone in step
Don't ask the question,
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Am 
why we're here with no direction
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E 
Marching to the right,
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F 
C 
this is not our fight
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The curse of friction,

Verse 7
born of man and contradiction
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Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
F 
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
C 
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
E 
Where there's blood there's
death not glory
Am 
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
F 
All of our Boys! Just put down the guns
C 
Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
E 
You were wrong but we're no different
Am 
All of our boys!