Tuning: E A D G B E

Intro: Em D

^EmSmoke hangs on the city like it ^Calways used to be. ^EmWhile the first leaves are ^Dfalling from the trees. ^EmMother looks, ^Clike she always did, as the ^Gearth falls down on the ^Dcoffin lid.

^EmLater she's watching the ^Cpictures of her son, and ^Emasks herself, how ^Dlife is going on. ^EmFather's wiping the ^Ctears from his eyes. ^GToo many questions are ^Dmissing replies.

The ^Bmpaving stones are ^Emfull of blood, ^Bmspilled in all of those ^Dyears. The ^Bmdifference in ^Empraying to god has ^Gbuilt a ^Cwall of ^Dtears.

^GTake ^Dme h^Cigh above, high above the ^Dsky. ^GTake ^Dme ^Chigh above, 13 years are too ^Dyoung, too young to ^Emdie.

^EmNow she's sharing so many ^Cwomen's fate. ^EmThe soldier who shot has ^Dgot his parade. ^EmNothing changes ^Cat this bloody place. Tomorro^Gw they're standing on another ^Done's grave.

^EmAnd smoke hangs on the city ^Clike it always used to be. ^EmWhile the last leaves are ^Dfalling from the trees. ^EmMother looks, ^Clike she always did, as the ^Gearth falls down on the ^Dcoffin lid.

The ^Bmpaving stones are ^Emfull of blood, ^Bmspilled in all of those ^Dyears. The ^Bmdifference in ^Empraying to god has ^Gbuilt a ^Cwall of ^Dtears.

^GTake ^Dme h^Cigh above, high above the ^Dsky. ^GTake ^Dme ^Chigh above, 13 years are too ^Dyoung, too young to ^Emdie.

Spoken: On the 30th of january 1972 soldiers shot into a crowd of men, women and children, who were marching to Londonderry peacefully fighting for their civil rights as a religious minority. 14 people were killed on that bloody Sunday. On the 4th of October 1976 two british patrols shot into a group of playing children in Turf Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Brian Stewart was hit by a plastic bullet from a distance of only two meters. Brian Stewart died just six days later at the age of thirteen!

^GTake ^Dme h^Cigh above, high above the ^Dsky. ^GTake ^Dme ^Chigh above, 13 years are too ^Dyoung, too young to ^Emdie.

The Coalminers' Beat - Take me high above