Chords for WOLFETONES:A SOLDIERS RETURN LYRICS

[Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] I went away [C] to fight a war [Am] that small [Dm] nations might [C] be free
[Bbm] Got a [F] soldier's gun and uniform [C] to fight the enemy _
[Bb] I was trained to [F] shoot my fellow man [Gm] before [C] he got [Gm] to me
[C] And I danced with death [F] in the [Dm] mud and wet [C] and prayed my [F] home to see
[Gm] So come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [F] Molly dear
You [G] are as [C] welcome [G] as the flowers [C] in May, [Bb] you're welcome [F] here to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the [F] more muskets shot, [Bb] I hear [F] the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my time, [F] now [Dm] you'll be mine, [C] I'm yours [F] _ forevermore
[Dm] While in the trenches [C] there I thought, [Dm] who starts these [C] bloody wars?
[Bb] And [F] thought of [Bb] these great [F] Irish men [C] who died on these strange shores
[Bb] An abandoned forest [F] to the air, a trust, [G] some shrapnel, [C] fire [Gm] and blood
[C] I escaped it then, [F] shot back [Dm] at them [C] and lay back [F] in the mud
[Gm] So come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [F] Molly dear
You [Gm] are as welcome [C] [Gm] as the [C] flowers in May, [Bb] you're welcome [F] here to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the [F] more muskets shot, [Bb] I hear [F] the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my [F] time, now [Dm] you'll be mine, [C] I'm yours _ [F] _ forevermore
[Gm] While [C] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] I was [C] off in foreign lands, [Dm] fighting other [C] people's wars
[Bb] Some [F] gallant [Bb] men were [F] fighting [C] here to free their native shores
[Bb] You shot our [F] leaders of sixty, [Gm] saw our city [C] sacked [Gm] and burned
[C] Then you sent us [F] in the [Dm] blackened [C] tans to greet our [F] home return
So [Gm] come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [F] Molly dear
You [Gm] are as [C] welcome [Gm] as the flowers [C] in May, [Bb] you're welcome [F] here to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the [F] more muskets shot, [Bb] I hear [F] the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my [F] time, now [Dm] you'll be [C] mine, I'm yours [F] _ forevermore
[Dm] I don't need your [C] hero's welcome, [Dm] I don't want your [C] bugle call
[Bb] [F] No brass [Bb] bands, no [F] pipes, no drums, [C] no metal badge or star
[Bb] But give me [F] what you promised me [Gm] when first [C] I [Gm] went to war
[C] That's freedom [F] for old [Dm] Ireland, [C] and I'll go to [F] fight no more
So [Gm] come [C] over to me, darling [Bb] girl, come near me, [F] Molly dear
[Gm] You are as [C] welcome as the flowers in May, [Bb] you're welcome [F] here to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the [F] more muskets shot, [Bb] I hear [F] the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my [F] time, now [Dm] you'll be [C] mine, I'm yours [F] forevermore _
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _