Chords for Claire Lynch "The Barbwire Boys" PIP 2009

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[C] _ _ [A] It's the place I know and [Dm] understand [A]
Like a fox run [F] building, back of my [G] hand
In the midnight, wolves came in low [Dm] Their sober heads comfy, a subtle funk of
They were earls in [A] braids, parlours [F] and roids They [Dm] were full grown men, they were bar-choir _ [G] boys
Berries, green and cattle, on the tree-lips wheels
Said they had a [A] table, and maybe four meals Rained on our father and [G] that woke him up
He [A] grew more than that, and he couldn't [G] stay calm
To the rest of us [A] it was fun, there was only one third of us
They worked at the feet of their wedding bands, and [Am] they never complained
No, they never made the [Em] noise, and they never [Dm] left home
These [A] bar-choir boys, in the wildest dreams [F] Were often in stunt, out of [C] weight and family
All [G] feeling insane, _ [Am] and the slightest [A] launch If they reached too far, it would [G] feel too much
But their [A] deepest hopes were never addressed
Her dreams in the cage of their chest All their years, as long as all [D] the secret joys
They never [Dm] were set free, the bar [G]-choir
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_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] They walked by the wonder, by parting this earth And [Dm] it's clear to me now, that they want their worth
[Bm] While they were just like us, [G] holding up the sky
[D] You never heard them [A] speak, you never saw them cry
But where do the tears go, and [D] you never said
What you do in the world, [Em] but you never said
[Bm] [Am] There's a pain of the eye, [D] there's a catch in the voice
[Dm] And is it all just so-and-so, [G]
or are the bar [C]-choir boys?
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