{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2234253,"song":"Scapegoats - Birmingham Six","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11471298-scapegoats-birmingham-six-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2234253?type=chord","rating":4.82168,"votes":7,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were five men playing poker on the Heysham train.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFate was dealing them a cruel hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHugh Callaghan was walking home through the evening rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNot knowing what lay in store for him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'll find traces of nitro on cigarettes and matches.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn formica tabletops and on decks of playin' cards.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen forensic found traces on the hands of these men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe police drove up from Birmingham, they were saying the case was closed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave you seen the mugshots that were taken[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nafter forty eight hours in custody?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBattered and bruised, haunted looks upon their faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe judge accepted they confessed willingly.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlease take another look at what you see.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you tell me my family are being terrorised.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep me awake for six days and nights, confused and terrified.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the lonely dark of night I'll swear that black is white.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you let me just lay down and close my eyes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll sign anything if you let me close my eyes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nScales of justice balance up your act.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAm I talking to myself or to the wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Johnny Walker,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBilly Power, Dick McIlkenny scapegoats all.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor sixteen years they've been talking to the wall.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}