Chords for Christy Moore - Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette (Official Live Video)
Tempo:
105.4 bpm
Chords used:
Em
D
C
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
[Em]
[D] [A] [D]
[Am] [D] [C] [D]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] They dropped a bomb [G] in 45 [Em] to end the world war.
[C] No [G] one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight before.
[C] The world looked on with [G] eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] Politics [D] of [Em] power passed around the scene.
It [D] was a time to remember.
We never can forget.
They were pinned.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [D] Russian rule.
[Em] [C]
[D] [E] [C] They arose like [G] the saviors of [Em] our mother human race.
[C] With radiation [D] halos [Em] hung about their face.
[C] With the key to [D] the cure, [Em] the treatment of our ills.
[C] A hot [G] shot of cobalt [Em] and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the sea.
[Em] While they crept [C] in among us [D] like a [Em] carrier's aid.
[F#]
[D] [Em] [A] [C]
Deep down in the [G] [Em] bunkers of the concrete and the lead.
[C]
[D] Einstein's disciples [Em] working steadily ahead.
[C] Making heavy [D] metal parts [Em] to fire the city lights.
[C]
All you can [D] hear in the [Em] underground is humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security circle all around.
[Em] Where they spill [C] out their poison [D] and they bury it [Em] in the [C] ground.
[D] [Em] [C]
Hold them [D] in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly away.
[C]
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the military [D] [Em] masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The soldiers [G] get doped up and [Em] stumble through the lines.
And [D] the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call this [C] security, [D] I call it [Em] [D] suicide.
[C]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] Our statesmen [G] and leaders [Em] on their politicians' bay.
[C]
They're quick to [D] heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they say.
They [C] call out experts [D] to assure us.
[Em] To wave their magic wands.
[C]
This is the [G] power of the future.
[Em] And the future marches on.
And [D] they call in all their favours.
All their political gains.
[Em] While the spills [C] fill the rivers [D] and settle [Em] in the plains.
[D] [Em] [C] I know the [D] mines behind them [Em] are riddled full of holes.
[C]
[G] Not to be trusted [Em] with their hands up the controls.
[C] Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades [D] of flattery [Em] as music to their ears.
[D] To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
Slack men.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [A] a Russian [Em] roulette.
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
[C]
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
[C]
[D] [G] [Em] [F#]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
[E]
[Em] How was that for you up here?
Good.
It's a bit [F#] Yeah.
[Am] But the crowd helped me with it, yeah.
[G#] [Em] [A#]
[Em]
[D] [A] [D]
[Am] [D] [C] [D]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] They dropped a bomb [G] in 45 [Em] to end the world war.
[C] No [G] one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight before.
[C] The world looked on with [G] eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] Politics [D] of [Em] power passed around the scene.
It [D] was a time to remember.
We never can forget.
They were pinned.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [D] Russian rule.
[Em] [C]
[D] [E] [C] They arose like [G] the saviors of [Em] our mother human race.
[C] With radiation [D] halos [Em] hung about their face.
[C] With the key to [D] the cure, [Em] the treatment of our ills.
[C] A hot [G] shot of cobalt [Em] and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the sea.
[Em] While they crept [C] in among us [D] like a [Em] carrier's aid.
[F#]
[D] [Em] [A] [C]
Deep down in the [G] [Em] bunkers of the concrete and the lead.
[C]
[D] Einstein's disciples [Em] working steadily ahead.
[C] Making heavy [D] metal parts [Em] to fire the city lights.
[C]
All you can [D] hear in the [Em] underground is humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security circle all around.
[Em] Where they spill [C] out their poison [D] and they bury it [Em] in the [C] ground.
[D] [Em] [C]
Hold them [D] in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly away.
[C]
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the military [D] [Em] masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The soldiers [G] get doped up and [Em] stumble through the lines.
And [D] the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call this [C] security, [D] I call it [Em] [D] suicide.
[C]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] Our statesmen [G] and leaders [Em] on their politicians' bay.
[C]
They're quick to [D] heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they say.
They [C] call out experts [D] to assure us.
[Em] To wave their magic wands.
[C]
This is the [G] power of the future.
[Em] And the future marches on.
And [D] they call in all their favours.
All their political gains.
[Em] While the spills [C] fill the rivers [D] and settle [Em] in the plains.
[D] [Em] [C] I know the [D] mines behind them [Em] are riddled full of holes.
[C]
[G] Not to be trusted [Em] with their hands up the controls.
[C] Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades [D] of flattery [Em] as music to their ears.
[D] To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
Slack men.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [A] a Russian [Em] roulette.
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
[C]
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
[C]
[D] [G] [Em] [F#]
[D] [Em] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
[E]
[Em] How was that for you up here?
Good.
It's a bit [F#] Yeah.
[Am] But the crowd helped me with it, yeah.
[G#] [Em] [A#]
Key:
Em
D
C
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[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] They dropped a bomb [G] in 45 [Em] to end the world war.
[C] No [G] one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight before.
[C] The world looked on with [G] eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] Politics [D] of [Em] power passed around the scene.
It [D] was a time to remember.
We never can forget.
They were pinned.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [D] Russian rule.
[Em] _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] They arose like [G] the saviors of [Em] our mother human race.
[C] With radiation [D] halos [Em] hung about their face.
[C] With the key to [D] the cure, [Em] the treatment of our ills.
[C] A hot [G] shot of cobalt [Em] and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the sea.
[Em] While they crept [C] in among us [D] like a [Em] carrier's aid.
[F#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [C]
Deep down in the [G] [Em] bunkers of the concrete and the lead.
[C] _
[D] Einstein's disciples [Em] working steadily ahead.
[C] Making heavy [D] metal parts [Em] to fire the city lights.
[C]
All you can [D] hear in the [Em] underground is humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security circle all around.
[Em] Where they spill [C] out their poison [D] and they bury it [Em] in the [C] ground.
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C]
Hold them [D] in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly away.
[C] _
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the military [D] _ [Em] masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The soldiers [G] get doped up and [Em] stumble through the lines.
And [D] the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call this [C] security, [D] I call it [Em] [D] suicide.
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] Our statesmen [G] and leaders [Em] on their politicians' bay.
[C]
They're quick to [D] heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they say.
They [C] call out experts [D] to assure us.
[Em] To wave their magic wands.
[C]
This is the [G] power of the future.
[Em] And the future marches on.
And [D] they call in all their favours.
All their political gains.
[Em] While the spills [C] fill the rivers [D] and settle [Em] in the plains.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] I know the [D] mines behind them [Em] are riddled full of holes.
[C] _
[G] Not to be trusted [Em] with their hands up the controls.
[C] Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades [D] of flattery [Em] as music to their ears.
[D] To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
Slack men.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [A] a Russian [Em] roulette. _
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
_ [C] _
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
[C] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] How was that for you up here?
Good.
_ It's a bit_ [F#] Yeah.
[Am] But the crowd helped me with it, yeah. _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] They dropped a bomb [G] in 45 [Em] to end the world war.
[C] No [G] one had ever [Em] seen such a terrible sight before.
[C] The world looked on with [G] eyes [Em] wide to see where it might lead.
[C] Politics [D] of [Em] power passed around the scene.
It [D] was a time to remember.
We never can forget.
They were pinned.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [D] Russian rule.
[Em] _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] They arose like [G] the saviors of [Em] our mother human race.
[C] With radiation [D] halos [Em] hung about their face.
[C] With the key to [D] the cure, [Em] the treatment of our ills.
[C] A hot [G] shot of cobalt [Em] and a pocket full of pills.
[D] Speaking of us of the enemy that lurked across the sea.
[Em] While they crept [C] in among us [D] like a [Em] carrier's aid.
[F#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [C]
Deep down in the [G] [Em] bunkers of the concrete and the lead.
[C] _
[D] Einstein's disciples [Em] working steadily ahead.
[C] Making heavy [D] metal parts [Em] to fire the city lights.
[C]
All you can [D] hear in the [Em] underground is humming through the night.
[D] And the walls of tight security circle all around.
[Em] Where they spill [C] out their poison [D] and they bury it [Em] in the [C] ground.
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C]
Hold them [D] in the harbors [Em] hidden secretly away.
[C] _
[D] Warheads and [Em] submarines await to make their play.
[C] While the military [D] _ [Em] masterminds improve in their designs.
[C] The soldiers [G] get doped up and [Em] stumble through the lines.
And [D] the spills into the rivers get carried by the tide.
[Em] They call this [C] security, [D] I call it [Em] [D] suicide.
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] Our statesmen [G] and leaders [Em] on their politicians' bay.
[C]
They're quick to [D] heed the hand that [Em] feeds.
Careful what they say.
They [C] call out experts [D] to assure us.
[Em] To wave their magic wands.
[C]
This is the [G] power of the future.
[Em] And the future marches on.
And [D] they call in all their favours.
All their political gains.
[Em] While the spills [C] fill the rivers [D] and settle [Em] in the plains.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] I know the [D] mines behind them [Em] are riddled full of holes.
[C] _
[G] Not to be trusted [Em] with their hands up the controls.
[C] Their eyesight [D] is twisted [Em] by the glory of their careers.
[C] The heaps, parades [D] of flattery [Em] as music to their ears.
[D] To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet.
Slack men.
[Em]
Hiroshima, [C] Nagasaki, [A] a Russian [Em] roulette. _
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
_ [C] _
Hiroshima, [D] [Em] Nagasaki, a Russian roulette.
[C] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] How was that for you up here?
Good.
_ It's a bit_ [F#] Yeah.
[Am] But the crowd helped me with it, yeah. _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A#] _