{"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":80226,"song":"Streets Of Sorrow - Birmingham Six","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80226-streets-of-sorrow-birmingham-six-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80226?type=chord","rating":4.91965,"votes":15,"content":"***STREETS OF SORROW/BIRMINGHAM SIX - by Terry Woods/Shane MacGowan\r\nfrom the album \"If I Should Fall From Grace With God\"\r\n\r\nIntro   \r\n|Amsus2 |Amsus2 ||\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh farewell you streets of sorrow and farewell you streets of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll not return to feel more sorrow nor to see more young men slain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough the last six years I've lived through terror and in the darkened streets the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh how I long to find some solace in my mind I curse the strain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo farewell you streets of sorrow and farewell you streets of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo I'll not return to feel more sorrow nor to see more young men slain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were six men in Birmingham in Guildford there's four[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat were picked up and tortured and framed by the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the filth got promotion but they're still doing time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor being Irish in the wrong place and at the wrong time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn Ireland they'll put you away in the Maze[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn England they'll keep you for several long days[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGod help you if ever you're caught on these shores[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the coppers need someone when they walk through that door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be counting years first five then ten, growing old in a lonely hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRound the yard and the lousy cell from wall to wall and back again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA curse on the judges the coppers and screws[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho tortured the innocent wrongly accused[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the price of promotion and justice to sell[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMay the judged be their judges when they rot down in hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be counting years first five then ten, growing old in a lonely hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRound the yard and the lousy cell from wall to wall and back again[/tab]\r\n\r\nInst    \r\n|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] ||\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay the whores of the empire lie awake in their beds[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd sweat as they count out the sins on their heads[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile over in Ireland eight more men lie dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKicked down and shot in the back of the head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll be counting years first five then ten, growing old in a freezing hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRound the yard and the lousy cell from wall to wall and back again x2[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOutro   \r\n|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] ||","plain_text":"***STREETS OF SORROW/BIRMINGHAM SIX - by Terry Woods/Shane MacGowan\nfrom the album \"If I Should Fall From Grace With God\"\n\nIntro   \n|Amsus2 |Amsus2 ||\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInst    \n|C    D|C    D|C    D|C  Am ||\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro   \n|C    D|C    D|C    D|C    D|C    D|C    D|C    D|C  Am ||","chords":["C","G","F","Am","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}