Tom: C
G 320033
F xx3211
picking pattern is base note then 2 plucks of 3 strings as tabbed below.
then at the end of the sentences a single strum for 2 bars (the extra bar on every 2nd line)
G C F
xxxxxx xxxxxx xx1x1x
xx3x3x xx1x1x xx2x2x
xx0x0x xx0x0x xx3x3x
xx0x0x xx2x2x 0xxxxx
xxxxxx 3xxxxx xxxxxx
3xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx
or just by string numbers if you dont understand tab yet
G
6, 432, 432
C
5, 432, 432
F
4, 321, 321
VERSES
C C G C
C C F G G
C C F C
C C G C C
F F C C
C C F G G
C C F C
C C G C C
CHORUS
F F C C
C C F G G
C C F C
C C G C C
most notable memory aids are:
2nd half of verse and chorus are same chords,
2nd third and 4th lines of each section the same
[VERSE 1]
C C G C
St. Val-en-tine's day comes a-round once a year,
C C F G G
our thought turn to love as the day it draws near,
C C F C
When sweet-hearts and dar-lings, hus-bands and wives,
C C G C C
Pledge love and de-vo-tion for.the rest of their lives
F F C C
As day turns to even-ing soon night-time does fall,
C C F G G
Young peo-ple get ready for the Val-en-tine's Ball,
C C F C
As the night rings with laugh-ter some peo-ple still mourn
C C G C C
The for-ty eight chil-dren who ne-ver came home
[CHORUS]
F F C C
Have we for-got-ten the suff-ering and pain
C C F G G
the sur-viv-ors and vic-tims of.the fire in Ar-tane,
C C F C
the moth-ers and fath-ers for-ever to mourn
C C G C C
the for-ty eight chil-dren who ne-ver came home.
[VERSE 2]
C C G C
it's down to the Star-dust they all made their way
C C F G G
The boun-cers looked on as they lined up to pay
C C F C
The rec-ords are spin-ning there's dan-cing as well
C C G C C
Just how the fire start-ed sure no one can tell.
F F C C
In.a mat-ter of sec-onds con-fus-ion did reign
C C F G G
The room was in dark-ness fire ex-its were chained
C C F C
The fire-fight-ers wept for they could not hide,
C C G C C
Their sorr-ow and an-ger for those left in-side.
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
C C G C
All a-round the city the bad news it spread
C C F G G
There's a fire in the Star-dust there's for-ty eight dead
C C F C
Hun-dreds of chil-dren are in-jured and maimed
C C G C C
And all just be-cause the fire ex-its were chained.
F F C C
Our lead-ers were shocked, grim state-ments were made
C C F G G
They shed tears by the graves as.the bo-dies were laid
C C F C
The vic-tims have wait-ed in vain for four years
C C G C C
It seems like our lead-ers shed croc-o-dile tears.
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 4]
C C G C
Half a mill-ion was spent on so-lic-itor's fees,
C C F G G
A for-tune to.the ow-ner and his fa-mil-y
C C F C
It's hard to be-lieve not one pen-ny came
C C G C C
To the work-ing class peo-ple who suff-ered the pain.
F F C C
Days turn to weeks and weeks turn to years
C C F G G
Our laws fav-our the rich or so it app-ears
C C F C
A wo-man still waits for her kids to come home
C C G C C
In-jus-tice breeds an-ger and that's what's been done.
