G
There'll be no more heartache
C
There'll be no more heartbreak
G
Em D
we can make this land a nation once again
G
we can start to build a new land
C
but to do it we need your hand
G
D Dm G . C G
we'll
build on love instead of hate and pain
C
if your Irish your my brother
G
Em +
so lets start to help each other
C
weather prostant your creed
D .C Em D
or church of rome
G
for one homeland we'll be living
C
all the bitterness forgiven
G
D G .C G
when
the last british soldier has gone home
G
down through all the generations
C
we gave our
sons to every nation
G
Em D
to fight and die in lands accross the
sea
G
they were crowned in fame and glory
C
every praised in songs and storys
G
D Dm G . C G
their names are carved in gold in history
C
we helped the congo in it's crisis
G Em
we kept the peace in far
off cypress
C
D C Em C
we fought everybodys battles but our own
G
out of all this grif and sorrow
C
we can build a new tomorrow
G D Dm
G .C G
when the last british soldier has gone home
G
this green and misty island
C
it's yours and it's my land
G
Em D Dm
we're Irish and
we're proud to be Irish too
G
so lets run forward straight and steadfast
C
from county cork to belfast
G
D G .C G
and show the world what
Irishmen can do
C
out of all this ruin and rubble
G Em
out of all this
so called trouble
C
D .C Em D
lets create a peace our land has never known
G
then at last we'd be united
C
and every wrong shall have
been righted
G
D Em
when the last british soldier has gone
home
D
Dm C Em G
when the last british soldier has gone home.
