Pogues - Birmingham six
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***Birmingham Six - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"
Birmingham Six - as performed by the Pogues
There were Dsix men in Birmingham
In GGuildford there's Dfour
DThat were picked up and tortured
And Gframed by the Alaw
And the Dfilth got promotion
But they're still doing Gtime
For being DIrish in the wrong place
And Gat the wrong Atime
In DIreland they'll put you aGway in the DMaze
DIn England they'll keep you for Gseveral long Adays
God Dhelp you if ever you're caught on these Gshores
The Dcoppers need someone and they Gwalk through that Adoor
You'll be Dcounting years
First Gfive then ten
A7Growing old in a Dlonely hell
DRound the yard and the Gstinking cell
From Awall to wall and Dback again
A curse on the judges, the coppers and screws
Who tortured the innocent wrongly accused
For the price of promotion
And justice to sell
May the judged be the judges
When they rot down in hell
You'll be counting years
First five then ten
Growing old in a lonely hell
Round the yard and the lousy cell
From wall to wall and back again
Break: [C,D] [C,D] [C,D] [C,A]
May the whores of the empire lie awake in their beds
And sweat as they count out their sins in their heads
While over in Ireland eight more men lie dead
Kicked down and shot in the back of the head
You'll be counting years
First five then ten
Growing old in a freezing hell
Round the yard and the lousy cell
From wall to wall and back again
Counting years
First five then ten
Growing old in a lonely hell
Round the yard and the lousy cell
From wall to wall and back again
Break: [C,D] [C,D] [C,D] [C,D] [C,D] [C,D] [C,D] [C,A]