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The Last British Soldier Song Lyrics And Chords

This song was sent to me by Liam Cullen. It was written by Liam Maher from Dublin Ireland, he played in a group called Avondale. The youtube video is of Martin Walsh.

G
There'll be no more heartache
C
There'll be no more heartbreak
G                       Em            D
we can make this land a nation once again
        G
we can start to build a new land
 C
but to do it we need your hand
G                     D         Dm       G   . C   G
we'll build on love instead of hate and pain

  C
if your Irish your my brother
  G                        Em + 
so lets start to help each other
 C
weather prostant your creed
              D    .C  Em  D
or church of rome
  G
for one homeland we'll be living
         C
all the bitterness forgiven
           G             D               G   .C   G
when the last British soldier has gone home

 G
down through all the generations
  C 
we gave our sons to every nation
    G                 Em              D
to fight and die in lands across the sea
           G
they were crowned in fame and glory
        C
every praised in songs and storys
       G                   D  Dm      G   .  C  G
their names are carved in gold in history
       C
we helped the Congo in it's crisis
              G                Em
we kept the peace in far off cypress
      C                 D        C   Em   C
we fought everybody's battles but our own
  G
 out of all this grief and sorrow
   C
we can build a new tomorrow
          G             D     Dm        G   .C  G
when the last British soldier has gone home

 G
this green and misty island
     C
it's yours and it's my land
        G              Em               D   Dm
we're Irish and we're proud to be Irish too
    G
so lets run forward straight and steadfast
             C
from county cork to Belfast
      G                D            G    .C  G
and show the world what Irishmen can do

 C

out of all this ruin and rubble 
         G                  Em
out of all this so called trouble
        C                               D   .C   Em  D
lets create a peace our land has never known
          G
then at last we'd be united
          C
and every wrong shall have been righted
           G            D              Em
when the last british soldier has gone home
           D             Dm            C Em G
when the last British soldier has gone home.


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