Life In A Tenement Square

life in a tenement square tab by flogging molly flogging molly life in a tenement square Intro Am C D G Am C E Verse 1 : Am C D G well i kissed the day , i was on my way Am C E from those cold grey blocks of stone Am C D G for seventeen years of squalor filled tears Am C G Am a time now with innocence lost C G as the sun split the room with its rays filled with gloom Am E7 turnin all hope to despair Am C D G and the only thing left was to flee from the nest Am C G Am that was life in a tenement square Interlude : Am C D G Am C G Am Verse 2 : Am C D G i remember the song where the rats sang along Am C E and danced for their daily bread Am C D G while the damp washed the walls that were twenty feet tall Am C G Am not a child in the house was fed C G on the porter filled face of the men left no trace Am E7 of the coin they had already spent Am C D G while our mothers asked god what was hell ever for Am C G Am when you lived in a tenement square Bridge : G Am grab whats left of the coal from the ole cubbyhole G Am these cinders need more to be a fire G Am while the ghosts of the soldiers that lived there before us C G Am laugh with their guns by their sides C G Am i hear them laugh , with their guns by their sides Verse 3 : Am C D G now politicians they dwell in that forgotten hell Am C E our miserys been turned into news Am C D G where the fat of the land now hog , hand in hand Am C G Am a crime now of life was ever true C G as the sun split the room with its rays filled with gloom Am E7 turnin all hope to despair Am C D G and the only thing left was to flee from the nest Am C G Am that was life in a tenement square