violet gibson chords by Lisa O'Neill (Ireland)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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There are many ways to go mad
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I go out to Rome
With a rock in my fist and a gun in my bag
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D 
And I shoot Mussolini in the nose
I didn't shoot to skim the skin of his snout
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A 
Or his teeth or the lips on his mouth
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I simply saw a bad egg and I thought
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D 
I'd take the bad egg out

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Verse 2

I fired twice, I didn't fire right

And they dragged me through the town

And the fascist dictator carried on

And on and I went down

Down and down and then down more

They hurt me in and out

Verse 3
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Half had half mad
D 
An ignorant tourist
An old Irish hag
A 
They called me all sorts
D 

Verse 4
But I moved in silence
For the love o' truth not violence
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And I'm mad an' I know
D 
People don't really change, I suppose
A 
Em 
They just go a little bad when they go

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
They locked me up in
a Northampton house
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D 
Where I feed a Northampton boar
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D 
And I lost the reasons why I think
A 
I'm a violet, I was never a rose
D 

Verse 6
I've been 29 years here
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D 
I'm not ready to be here anymore
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D 
See me back on Merrion Square
Where in spring the violets still grow

Verse 7
D 
I moved in silence
For the love o' truth not violence
G 
And I'm mad an' I know
D 
People don't really change, I suppose
A 
Em 
They just go a little bad when they go

Verse 8
Em 
D 
G 
There are many ways to go mad
D 
I go out to Rome
With a rock in my fist and a gun in my bag
G 
D 
And I shoot Mussolini in the nose
I didn't shoot to skim the skin of his snout
G 
A 
Or his teeth or the lips on his mouth
G 
D 
I simply saw a bad egg and I thought
A 
D 
I'd take the bad egg out