Key: D
Introduction: D C G D C G D C9 G/B D
D
When my love said to me
C G D
Meet me down by the gallow tree
C G D
For it's sad news I bring
G7(4) G D
About this old town and all that it's offering
C9 G D
Some say troubles abound
C9 G D
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down
G D
One day we'll return here
C G D
When the belfast child sings again
D
Brothers sisters where are you now
C9 G D
As I look for you right through the crowd
C9 G D
All my life here I've spent
G7(4) G D
With my faith in God the church and the government
C9 G D
But there's sadness abound
C9 G D
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down
G D
One day we'll return here
Am7 G D C G D
When the belfast child sings again
Am7 G D C G D
When the belfast child sings again
C9 G D
Some come back billy, won't you come on home
C9 G D
Come back mary, you've been away so long
C9 G D
The streets are empty, and your mother's gone
C9 G D
The girls are crying, it's been oh so long
C9 G D
And your father's calling, come on home
C9 G D
Won't you come on home, won't you come on home
C9 G D
Come back people, you've been gone a while
C9 G D
And the war is raging, in the emerald isle
C9 G D
That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood
C9 G D
All the girls are crying but all's not lost
C9 G D
The streets are empty, the streets are cold
C9 G D
Won't you come on home, won't you come on home
C9 G D
The streets are empty
C G/B D
Life goes on
G D
One day we'll return here
C G D C G D
When the belfast child sings again
C G D C G D
When the belfast child sings again