Chords for The Flight Of Earls + On Screen Lyrics ----- Paddy Reilly

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ I can hear [G] the bells [C] of Dublin in this lonely [G] _ [C] waiting room
[F] And the paper boys [C] are singing in [G] the rain _
Not _ [C] too long [G] before [C] they take us to the airport [G] and [C] the noise
_ [F] To get on [C] board a _ [G] transatlantic [C] plane
[F] _ _ [C] _
_ We've [G] got nothing left to stay for, we [F] have no more left [C] to say
_ [F] And there isn't [C] any work for us [G] to do _ _
_ So [C] farewell [G] ye boys [C] and girls, _ another bloody [G] flight [C] of earths
[F] Our best asset is [C]
our [G] best export [C] _ too _
It's [G] _ [C] not [G] murder, [C] fear or famine _ that makes [G] us [C] leave this time
[F] We're not going to join [C] _
McAlpine's _ [G] _ Fusiliers _ _
_ We've [C] got brains [G] and we've [C] got vision, _ we've got _ [G] education [C]
too
But [F] we just can't throw [C]
away [G] these precious [C] _ [F] years
_ [C] _
_ So [G] we walk the streets of London _ [F] and the streets of [C] Baltimore
_ _ [F] And we meet at night [C] in several Boston [G] _ bars _ _
_ We're [C] the [G] leaders of [C] the future, _ but we're far [G] away [C] from home
_ [F] And we dream of you [C]
beneath [G] the [C] Irish star _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ As we look [G] on [C] Ellis Island _ and the lady [G] in [C] the bay
_ [F] And Manhattan turns [C] to face _ [G] another Sunday _ _ _
_ We [C] just wonder [G] what [C] you're doing _ for to bring [G] us all [C] back home
_ [F] As we look [C] forward to [G] _ [C] another Monday
[F] _ _ [C] _
But [G] it's not the work that scares us, [F] we don't mind _ [C] another's job
And [F] we know things will [C] get better once [G] again _ _ _
_ So [C] a [G] thousand times [C]
adieu, we've got Bono [G] and [C] you too
_ [F] All we're missing _ [C] is beginners [G] and the [C] rain
So _ _ switch off [G] your new [C] _
computers, cause the [G] writings on [C] the wall
[F] Were leaving as [C] our fathers did [G] before _ _
Take _ [C] a look [G] at Dublin [C] _
Airport or the boat [G] that [C] leaves Northwall
[F] There'll be no youth _ [C]
unemployment [G] _ _ [C] anymore _ _ _
_ Because [G] we're over here in Queensland _ [F] and in parts of New [C] South Wales
[F] We're on the seas, [C] the airways and the [G] trains _ _
But [C] if we [G] see better [C] _
days, those bigger [G] planes go [C] both ways
_ [F] And we'll all be [C] coming back [G] to you [C] again
_ Yes, _ _ [F] we'll all be [C] coming back [G] to you [C] again _ _ _
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