Oliver Boy

first : first tab + i play the ukulele so i’m not 100% positive but it should sound something like this : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - oliver boy - flogging molly - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : milliontimes E - mail : ritter . kai@gmx . de chords used : Dm Am Em C D F A [ slow part ] Dm oh! oliver boy what did you do? Am but crush the hand you never shook Em Dm then rob the rights of people to be free Dm oh! oliver boy it’s a terrible state Am you left behind a worse off race Em Dm where dignity and pride fought for their place C Dm oh! oliver boy now you are gone Am Dm and we’re still here where we belong Am Dm forgiveness being our strength you’ll never see [ slow part over ] Dm now the sun shines on this page i write Am though it’s raining hard in palestine Em no lands are promised lands Dm when will we see? [ Dm ] so don’t tell me that your god’s my god Am i don’t think they even care at all Em Dm just a pantomime behind a curtain lies de - ceit C Dm oh listen to me bark out loud Am Dm with - out a voice and little growl C Dm snapping at the heels i wait Am for something more to change Dm [ fades directly into Chorus ] the more they stay the same [ Chorus 1 ] Dm oliver boy! it’s the same militia D oliver boy! just the clothes are different F oliver boy! it’s the same old story A Dm where there’s blood there’s death not glory Dm look into these empty eyes Am fed upon by parasites Em Dm as beauty’s ugly head devours its plight [ Dm ] while the borders of our hate create Am nothing more than each our fate Em Dm trapped between our comfort and our crime C Dm so stand along the graveyard wall Am Dm and watch the souls per - form their song C Dm sing to us the dead above Am as the mourners come to pray Dm the living stay away [ Chorus 2 ] Dm oliver boy! it’s the same militia D oliver boy! just the clothes are different F oliver boy! it’s the same old story A where there’s blood there’s death not glory Dm oliver boy! we’re all someone’s sons D all of our boys! just put down the guns F oliver boy! you’re dead but listen A Dm you were wrong but we’re no diffe - rent [ Solo - not figured out ] Dm D marching to the left , everyone in step Dm F A don’t ask the question , why we’re here with no direction Dm D marching to the right , this is not our fight Dm F A the curse of friction , born of man and contradiction [ Chorus 2 ] Dm all of our boys! [ slow part ] Dm now the sun shines on this page i write Am A Dm though it’s raining hard in pales - tine enjoy!