Dunnes Stores Chords by Christy Moore

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_ Close your eyes and come with me back to 1984 _ [Am] _ [Dm] We'll take a walk down Henry Street to John's
department store _ [G] The supermarket's [Dm] busy [G] and the [Dm] register's
neck-a-din _ The [F] groceries grow rollin' up, the [G] cash comes
[A] rollin' in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mary [D] Manning is at the checkout and she's
[C] trying to [Dm] keep warm When a customer comes up to her with a [Am] basket
on her arm _ [G] The contents of [Dm] that basket [G] bring Mary's
feet to Mr.
[Dm] Shade _ With the label clearly [F] stated, _ Spirange
[G] Juice in [A] a Cape _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I can't check out your oranges, Mrs.
Now
[G] won't you [Dm] bring them back?
_ For they come from South Africa where [G] white
or brown is [Dm] black _ [G] I'd have an un [Dm]-fic-h-un [G]-science and I couldn't
sleep [Dm] at night _ If I had the support [F] assisted at the [G] nice
black [A] people's rides _ _ Her _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] union says don't handle them as police
[C] that we [D] can do We've fought oppression here for centuries
we'll help them fight it through _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] The managers _ [Dm] descended [G] in an avalanche [Dm] of
suits And Mary was [F] _ suspended, she [G] wouldn't touch
[A] the boots _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Don't [Dm] _ _
stores, _ don't _ stores, _ _ _ don't stores
in St.
Bernard let her [C] value be [Dm] _ trampled
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_ _ Well her friends were all behind her and the [C] union [Dm] gave support
And they called a strike and their pickets brought all guns, stores to a halt
_ [G] No one was [Dm] going to tell the [G] boss what he bought or [Dm] sold
These women are no [F] new workers, they must [G] do as they are [A] _ told _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Isn't that just typical of apartheid's global law?
_ It's not just in South Africa, the rich [C] sample [Dm] on the pole
[G] He wouldn't have a [Dm] boycott, [G] he couldn't give a [Dm] tinker's curse
_ Doesn't matter how [F] he fills the shelves, so [G] long as he [A] lines his bars _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Don't _ stores, _ don't _ stores, _ _ _ don't stores in St.
Bernard let her [C] value be [Dm] trampled _
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_ The messages came rolling in from all around the world
[Em] _ [Dm] For such concern and sacrifice and for courage brave and bold
[G] When four kings [Dm] were over, [G] ten women and [Dm] a man
That helped to raise [F] black consciousness [G] all around the [A] _ land _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Cleary's in O'Connell Street wouldn't sell South African shoes
Best man sent all their clothes back, Rochester [G] sent [Dm] back their booze
[G] Until all South African [F] goods were [G] taken off the shelves and [Dm] guns
Very money was down [F] in Henry Street, stick [G] and [A] two were _ gone _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Don't stores, _
_ [G] _ [Dm] don't _ stores, _ _ _ [Am] don't stores in [Dm] St.
Bernard let her [C] value be [Dm] trampled
_ Yeah, don't stores in St.
Bernard let her [C] value [Dm] be trampled
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