Key: D
Introduction: D G C D G C D D D D
D Bm C
Met a man from Ireland
D Bm C
Drinkin' in a bar
D Bm C
Although his voice was soft and warm
D
His eyes were cold and hard
D Bm C
He spoke of Irish children
D Bm C
Knowing only war
D Bm C
I wish I could have known him better
D
I might have understood it all
C G D A
And I wish there was something I could sa-ay
C G D
Something to ease the pain away
D Bm C
I hear the voice of Poland
D Bm C
Calling out to me
D Bm C D
Sighing, crying, dying to be free
D Bm C
Their streets are full of armour
D Bm C
Their eyes are full of tears
D Bm C
Must they live this life of sadness
D
For years and years and years
C G D A
And I wish there was something I could sa-ay
C G D
Something to ease the pain away
C G D
Something to ease the pain away
D G C D G C
Mmmm Mmm-mm
D G C
Wish I was a hero
D G C
Fighting for the rights of man
D
Wish I was a tribesman in
G C
In the hills of Afghanistan
D
I wish I was a so-oldier
G7M
Fighting for the peace
D G7M
Fighting down in El Salvador
D
Fighting insanity, inhumanity
C G D A
I wish there was something I could say-ay
C G D
Something to ease the pain away
C G D A
I wish there was something I could say-ay
C G D
Something to ease the pain away
C G D A
Oh you know I wish there's something I could say-ay
C G D
Something to ease the pain away
C G D A
I wish there was something I could say-ay
C G D
Something to ease the pain away...