Bm                           F#m
Wipe the blood from your lip with the flesh of your hand
           Bm                        A
There's no thorn in the side left to grow
         Bm                          F#m
So let's cherish the names that were lost for an age
         D           A          Bm
With the rue now the supper must go
         Bm                         F#m
Where traditions they blend lives a home on the mend
    Bm                        A
The grass glistens now for all fights
         Bm                      F#m
So let's sever the shame we have come to reclaim
         D       A               Bm
With the water's retreat feel the shore

[Pre-chorus 1]
         E5                   A                    Bm
When the red rose pales lay a thousand graves many more
           E5                         A                      F#m
Though the ghost still haunts for the day we've come to live for

[Chorus]
           D                A
Don't look back, for what's dead now is saved
    F#m                         A
The exiled are home where their souls are kept safe
        D           A
Take me back on the crest of a wave
        Bm              A         Bm
No more tears for your paddy's lament
        D
No more tears
        A
No more paddy's
  Bm
Lament

[Verse 2]
        Bm                               F#m
Rip the greed from his heart, there's no sorrow tonight
        Bm                          A
For now once paddy's dreams sleep divine
          Bm                     F#m
Where the silence ya hear is the prosper we share
         D          A           Bm
The only blade is a razor sharp smile

[Pre-chorus 2]
          E5                   A                           Bm
Still the church bell rings to collect the sins that still roam
       E5                     A                    F#m
But the only thing lost is the pain of nothing once more

[Chorus]
           D                A
Don't look back, for what's dead now is saved
    F#m                         A
The exiled are home where their souls are kept safe
        D           A
Take me back on the crest of a wave
        Bm             A         Bm
No more tears for your paddy's lament
        D
No more tears
        A
No more paddy's
  Bm
Lament

[Interlude]
F#m A Bm
F#m A F#m

[Verse 3]
         Bm                 N.C.
Grab the leaf of the branch from the tree in its ground
        Bm                        N.C.
Where the roots claimed the earth many toiled
          Bm              N.C.
To a land that now stands under no one's command
        D          A         Bm
And her beauty let no man destroy
     Bm                     F#m
So remember the gun and the damage it's done
         Bm                                A
The last drop has been spilled for you and I
          Bm                    F#m
Let there be no despair for the rule we once shared
         D             A              Bm
Brush the tear from the eye that still shines

[Pre-chorus 1]
         E5                   A                    Bm
When the red rose pales lay a thousand graves many more
           E5                         A                      F#m
Though the ghost still haunts for the day we've come to live for

[Chorus]
           D                A
Don't look back, for what's dead now is saved
    F#m                         A
The exiled are home where their souls are kept safe
        D           A
Take me back on the crest of a wave
        Bm             A         Bm
No more tears for your paddy's lament
        D
No more tears
        A
No more paddy's
  Bm
Lament

[Chorus]
           D                A
Don't look back, for what's dead now is saved
    F#m                         A
The exiled are home where their souls are kept safe
        D           A
Take me back on the crest of a wave
        Bm             A         Bm
No more tears for your paddy's lament
        D
No more tears
        A
No more paddy's
  Bm
Lament