Belfast Child Chords by Simple Minds

Tempo:
80.875 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

C

Am

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Simple Minds - Belfast Child chords
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[D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [D]
When [G] my love [F#m]
said to me, [D] [G] meet me down by the gallow [D] tree,
For [G] it's sad news I [D] bring, [G] about this old town and all that it's offering.
[D] [Gm] Some [C] say [G]
trouble's [D] about, some [C] day soon they're gonna [G] pull the [D] old town down.
One day we'll [G] return [D] here, [C] when the [G] Belfast child [D] sings again.
[C] [G] [D]
[G] Brothers, sisters, where are [D] you now?
[C] As I [G] look for you right through [D] the crowd.
All my [C] life [G] here I've [D] spent, with my [G] faith in God and church and the [D] government.
Some say [C] [G] trouble's [D] about, some [C] day soon they're [G] gonna pull the old [D] town down.
One day we'll [G] [D] return here, [Am] when the [G] Belfast child sings [D] again.
[C] [G] [D]
When the [G] Belfast child [D] sings again.
[C] [G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [D] [Am] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [Am]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C] Come back [G] Billy, won't you [D] come on home.
[C] Come back Mary, [G] you've been [D] away so long.
[C]
[G] Sweet Teresa, and your [D] mother's gone.
The [C] girls are [G] crying, it's been [D] all so long.
And your [C] brother's [G] calling, [D] come on home.
Won't you [C] come on [G] home.
[D] Come on home.
[Am]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] Come [C] back [G] Billy, you've been [D] gone a while.
And the [G] war is raging, through the [D] Emerald Isles.
That's [C] flesh and [G] blood man, that's [D] flesh and blood.
All the [C] girls are [G] crying, but [D] all's not lost.
Sweet [C] Teresa, [G] [D] won't you [Am] come on [G] home.
[D] Come on home.
[G]
[D] [C]
[G] Sweet Teresa.
One [D]
[G] [D]
[C] [G]
[D]
[G] day we'll return [D] here, when [C] the Belfast [G] child [D] sings again.
[C] [G] [D]
[G] When the Belfast child sings [D] again.
[G]
[D]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
F#m
123111112
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
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To learn Simple Minds - (Edit) Belfast Child chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: D, G, D, C and G. Ease into the song by practicing at 40 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 81 BPM. With G Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When _ _ [G] _ my love [F#m]
said to me, [D] _ [G] meet me down by the gallow [D] tree,
_ For [G] it's sad news I [D] bring, _ [G] about this old town and all that it's offering.
[D] _ _ [Gm] Some [C] say [G] _
trouble's [D] about, _ some [C] day soon they're gonna [G] pull the [D] old town down. _ _ _
One day we'll [G] return [D] here, [C] when the [G] Belfast child [D] sings again. _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Brothers, sisters, where are [D] you now?
[C] As I [G] look for you right through [D] the crowd.
_ All my [C] life [G] here I've [D] spent, with my [G] faith in God and church and the [D] government.
_ _ Some say [C] _ [G] _ trouble's [D] about, _ some [C] day soon they're [G] gonna pull the old [D] town down. _ _
_ One day we'll [G] [D] return here, [Am] when the [G] Belfast child sings [D] again. _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ When the [G] Belfast child [D] sings again.
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] Come back [G] Billy, won't you [D] come on home.
_ [C] Come back Mary, [G] you've been [D] away so long.
_ _ [C]
[G] Sweet Teresa, and your [D] mother's gone.
The [C] girls are [G] crying, it's been [D] all so long.
And your [C] brother's [G] calling, _ [D] come on home.
Won't you [C] come on [G] home.
_ [D] Come on home.
_ _ [Am] _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Come [C] back _ [G] Billy, you've been [D] gone a while.
And the [G] war is raging, through the [D] Emerald Isles.
That's [C] flesh and [G] blood man, that's [D] flesh and blood.
All the [C] girls are [G] crying, but [D] all's not lost.
Sweet [C] Teresa, [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ won't you [Am] come on [G] home.
_ [D] Come on _ home.
[G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Sweet Teresa. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ One _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] day we'll return [D] here, when [C] the Belfast [G] child [D] sings again. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] When the Belfast child sings [D] again.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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