(1)
(am)Tell me what(c)happened,(g)cos i dont (am)know
our little(c)country,s(g)sunk down (am)below
people(c)trusted(g)to
do a(am)job
they lied and(c)plundered(g)and they (am)robbed
CHORUS
(dm)oh(g)oh it was(am)greed
(dm)now we(g)are no longer(am)free
(dm)they sold our(g)future(am)for their
sins
(dm)they took us(g)all(am)for fools again
(em)how did we vote these people(am)in
(2)
(am)we as a (c)people(g)stood
idly(am)by
while they(c)bled(g)our wee country(am)dry
with their(c)pensions(g)and their(am)perks
their sky high(c)saleries(g)and
their(am)mercs
CHORUS
(3)
(am)now they,v (c)vanished,(g)without a(am)trace
and left the(c)music(g)for us to(am)face
our children,s(c)future,s(g)been
cast in(am)dought
switch the(c)lights off(g)on your way(am)out
CHORUS
(4)
(am)robert(c)emmet(g)he died in(am)vain
and pearse and(c)connelly(g)they did the(am)same
they are(c)turning
now(g)in their(am)graves
to the euro(c)millions,(g)we're all(am)slaves
CHORUS
(em)how did we vote these people (am)in
(em)when will this nightmare ever(am) end.
PADRAIG GRIMES.
