Irish Son

Int: C

C
I was born in the heart of Dublin

F
To the holy book of rules

G C
Made get on our knees every Sunday with the other fools



C
We were warped by the Christian Brothers

F
In the cell blocks at our schools

G
Get a handprint on your skin

C
Before you break their rules


Bridge
Am Em
Go hit me now

F G
That I'm twice your size

Am Em
Brushed off the accusations

Dm G
And bowed before your lies



Reff
C
This is the city that raised me

Am
With the religion they gave me

Dm G
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind

C
But it was leaving that saved me

Am
I seen so much that has changed me

F G
Just break with your past

Am Em
Feed your own mind

Dm G C
This Irish son has moved with the times



C
Weddings deaths or baptizing children

F
That's my debt paid to the church

G
I don't need that kind of salvation


When I get hurt

Bridge 2
Am Em
Don't fill my head with sermons

Dm G
And force me to believe


Reff

Middle
D
Our father who art in heaven

Dsus2 Em
Come down here and make your presence known

A
We can't do it on our own

D
The lunatics let run the asylum

Dsus2 Em
How can we find peace inside your home

A
When you can't trust your own


Reff Overtune
D
This is the city that raised me

Bm
With the religion they gave me

Em A
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind

D
But it was leaving that saved me

Bm
I've seen so much that has changed me

G A
So just break with your past

Bm F#M
Feed your own mind

Em A Bm F#M
Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times

Em A D
Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times