C Am F C
Oh I.R.A. and U.V.F. this song is just for you
Am F G
As you sit down at the table now to see what you can do
F G C F
At last you’ve come together after all the tears and time
C G F G C
It’s sad you didn’t do it back in Nineteen Sixty Nine
C Am F C
History calls you savages but I know that isn’t true
Am F G
For we grew up together and I am part of you
F G C F
We all had dreams and hopes and fears and someone else to blame
C G F G C
It took so long to realize our dreams were all the same
[Chorus]
C F C
You know our dreams were all the same
F C
But who would dare proclaim
F G
In the anger and the pain
F G C
Our dreams were all the same
[Instrumental]
C F C G C G C C
[Verse 2]
C Am F C
We felt the taste of hunger when they factory went away
Am F G
And then they closed the hospital they said it didn’t pay
F G C F
And as the rich got richer and kept promising the sky
C G F G C
All we got were promises and colored flags to fly
C Am F C
I remember well your little girl she had ribbons in her hair
Am F G
When she came to play that Summer’s day with the children in the square
F G C F
To think they could be here today still laughing and alive
C G F G C
If strong men had been wise men in Nineteen Seventy Nine
[Chorus]
C F C
You know our dreams were all the same
F C
But who would dare proclaim
F G
In the anger and the pain
F G C
Our dreams were all the same
[Verse 3]
C Am F C
It was always all or nothing there was nothing in between
Am F G
Compromise was treachery that’s the way it seemed
F G C F
And now we’re left with nothing but a future we must find
C G F G C
And count the cost of the chances lost in Nineteen Eighty Nine
C Am F C
Oh I.R.A. and U.V.F. this song is just for you
Am F G
As you sit down at the table now to see what you can do
F G C F
At last you’ve come together after all the tears and time
C G F G C
It’s sad you didn’t do it back in Nineteen Ninety Nine
[Chorus]
C F C
You know our dreams were all the same
F C
But who would dare proclaim
F G
In the anger and the pain
F G C
Our dreams were all the same
