What’s Left of the Flag – Flogging Molly/Fenian Bastard
His [G]eyes they closed and his [C]last breath [G]spoke
He had seen all to be [Em]seen
A [G]life once full, now an [C]empty [G]vase
With the blossoms on his [D]early [G]grave
[chorus] Walk a-[C]way me boy, walk a-[G]way me boy
And by [Em]mornin' we'll be [D]free
Wipe the [G]golden tear from your [C]mother [G]dear
Raise what's left of the [D]flag for [G]me.
Then the rosary beads count them one, two, three
Fell apart as they hit the [Em]floor.
In our [G]garb of black we must [C]pay re-[G]spect
To the color we're [D]born to [G]mourn.
[chorus]
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In his [G]place there grew an angry [C]festered [G]wound
Filled with hatred and re-[Em]morse
Where I'd [G]pick and scratch till the [C]blood it [G]matched
The silent rage now that [D]fills my [G]lungs
For there are [G]many ways to kill a [C]man they [G]say
With bayonet, axe, or [Em]sword
But son a [G]bullet fired from a [C]shapeless [G]guise
Leaves but the shell of a [D]Thompson [G]gun.
[chorus]
GCGEm
GCGDG
From the [Em]Eastern to the [Em]Western [D]shore
Where many [Em]men and many [Em]more will [D]fall.
But no [C]angel flies with [G]me tonight
Till [Em]freedom reigns on [D]all
And [G]curse the name for which we [C]slaved our [G]days
Till every man shall his [D]kingdom [G]come
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But sure as [G]night turns day, ends the [C]passion [G]play
Oh my god what have they [Em]done
With [G]madman's rage well they [C]dug our [G]graves
But the dead rise a-[D]gain you [G]fools
Walk a-[C]way me boys, walk a-[G]way me boys
And by [Em]mornin' we'll be [D]free
Wipe the [G]golden tear from your [C]mother [G]dear
Raise what's left of the [D]flag for [G]me.
[chorus] Walk a-[C]way me boys, walk a-[G]way me boys
And by [Em]mornin' we'll be [D]free
Wipe the [G]golden tear from your [C]mother [G]dear
Raise what's left of the flag for me.
GCGDG
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