No Capo
Verse 1
Em G
Oh They say it's no mean city and it's nowhere in between.
D C
It's divided into 2 where one sides blue and one sides green.
Em G
Around the age of eight, oh I was asked to pick a club.
D C
It was around the time that I had first tasted my own blood.
Em G
Broken, bruised and bloody called a fenian and a hun.
D C
I didn't understand what either meant cause I was only young.
Instumental
Em G D C x2
Verse 2
Em
Catholics and Protestants
G
"Royalists" and "Dissidents"
D C
Since the early 15th century have been at odds to no amends.
Em G
Such division spreads like wild fire through the schools and through the schemes.
D C
Religious hatred dating centuries symbolised by football teams.
Chorus 1
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my bones
And open up my soul
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my eyes
Verse 3
Em G
Morons in orange play their flutes, with their red hands raised in the air.
D C
Singing marching songs about a war in a place they've not been near.
Em G
A green brigade of cowards, they burn poppies for all to see.
D C
In a scottish place of sport they scream IRA and fuck the queen.
Chorus 2
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my bones
And open up my soul
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my eyes
Then maybe I can see
D Em
Why they fight, why they sing
C
Why they spread all of their hate
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my bones
Instumental
Em G D C x2
Verse 4
Em
No amount of media exploitation
G
No amount of government legislation
D
We will never solve this problem
C
Thats spread in the ignorance of youth
Chorus 3
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my bones
And open up my soul
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my eyes
Then maybe I can see
D Em
Why they fight, why they sing
C
Why they spread all of their hate
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my bones
D Em C
Oh won't you let the colours fill my bones