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Each Dollar A Bullet

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CmOh it must...
A#When the...
FAnd they're...
And you're all D#filled up with A#tears
Cm"For the love...
A#That you've...
FYou throw in...
And sing "D#Wearing of the A#Green
[Chorus:]
GmEach dollar a bullet
FEach victim someone's son
CmAnd Americans kill Irishmen
As A#surely
As if they fired the gun
LYRICS
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Oh it must be so romantic
When the fighting's over there
And they're passing round the shamrock
And you're all filled up with tears
"For the love of dear old Ireland"
That you've never even seen
You throw in twenty dollars
And sing "Wearing of the Green
[Chorus:]
Each dollar a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Americans kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun
Now you've never stood on Belfast's streets
And heard the bombs explode
Or hid beneath the blankets
When there's riots down the road
No you've never had your best friend die
Or lost a favorite son
But you'll stand there and tell us
Just what we're doing wrong
Each false word a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Englishmen kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun
From the minute that you're born you're told
To hate the other side
"They're not like us, they're not the same
We know because we're right"
But can't you see we're all the same
There is no right and wrong
Why can't we stop and realize
Just what we're doing wrong
We've hated too much too long
Each old lie a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Irishmen kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun
How can you convince yourself
That what you do is right?
When people are dying there
Night after night
Don't you ever wonder
Why it still goes on?
The hopes and fears and all the tears
Are buried in your ground
Buried in your ground
Each rumour a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And careless talk kills Irishmen
As surely
As if words fired the gun
Well it's lasted for so long now
And so many have died
It's such a part of my own life
Yet it leaves me mystified
How a people so intelligent
Friendly, kind and brave
Can throw themselves so willingly
Into an open grave
Each new day a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And ignorance kills Irishmen
As surely
As if we fired the gun

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Each Dollar A Bullet

by Stiff Little Fingers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard tuning.

Oh it must...

When the...

And they're...

D# A#

And you're all filled up with tears

"For the love...

That you've...

You throw in...

D# A#

And sing "Wearing of the Green

[Chorus:]

Each dollar a bullet

Each victim someone's son

And Americans kill Irishmen

As surely

As if they fired the gun

LYRICS

-----------

Oh it must be so romantic

When the fighting's over there

And they're passing round the shamrock

And you're all filled up with tears

"For the love of dear old Ireland"

That you've never even seen

You throw in twenty dollars

And sing "Wearing of the Green

[Chorus:]

Each dollar a bullet

Each victim someone's son

And Americans kill Irishmen

As surely

As if they fired the gun

Now you've never stood on Belfast's streets

And heard the bombs explode

Or hid beneath the blankets

When there's riots down the road

No you've never had your best friend die

Or lost a favorite son

But you'll stand there and tell us

Just what we're doing wrong

Each false word a bullet

Each victim someone's son

And Englishmen kill Irishmen

As surely

As if they fired the gun

From the minute that you're born you're told

To hate the other side

"They're not like us, they're not the same

We know because we're right"

But can't you see we're all the same

There is no right and wrong

Why can't we stop and realize

Just what we're doing wrong

We've hated too much too long

Each old lie a bullet

Each victim someone's son

And Irishmen kill Irishmen

As surely

As if they fired the gun

How can you convince yourself

That what you do is right?

When people are dying there

Night after night

Don't you ever wonder

Why it still goes on?

The hopes and fears and all the tears

Are buried in your ground

Buried in your ground

Each rumour a bullet

Each victim someone's son

And careless talk kills Irishmen

As surely

As if words fired the gun

Well it's lasted for so long now

And so many have died

It's such a part of my own life

Yet it leaves me mystified

How a people so intelligent

Friendly, kind and brave

Can throw themselves so willingly

Into an open grave

Each new day a bullet

Each victim someone's son

And ignorance kills Irishmen

As surely

As if we fired the gun

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