Oliver Boy Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Oh, OliDmver boy, what did you do?

 But crusA♯hed a hand you never shook

 Then robAbed the rights of people to be free Dm

 Oh, OlivDmer boy, it's a terrible state

 You leftA♯ behind the worse of race

 Where diAgnity and pride fought for their place Dm

 Oh, OlivCer boy now you aFre gone

 And we'rAe still here where we beDmlong

  A (Dm?)

Forgiveness being our strength you'll never see

Chord Break goes Real fast (F-C-A-Dm)

 Now the Dmsunshine's on the page I write

 Though it's rainA♯ing hard in Palestine

 Though lands areA promised, lands when will we see? Dm

 So don't teDmll me that your God's my God

 I don't A♯think they even care at all

 Just a pAhantom man behind the curtain lies does he Dm

 Oh, listCen to me bark out loud F

 Without Aa voice and a little groDmwl

CSnapping at the Fhills I wait for somethAing more to change

 The moreA they stay the same

DmOliver boy, it's the same violation

A♯Oliver boy, just the clothes are different

FOliver boy, it's the same old story

AWhere there's blood there's definite glory

DmLook into his empty eyes

A♯Fed upon my parasites

AHis beauty's ugly

 Head devours it's pride Dm

 While the borderDms of our hate created

A♯Nothing more than to reach our fate

ATrapped between our comfort and our grind Dm

CSo stand along the graveFyard wall

 And watcAh the souls perform this song Dm

CSickening lust, the deadF above

AAs the mourners come to pray, the livingA stay away

DmOliver boy, it's the same violation

A♯Oliver boy, just the clothes are different

FOliver boy, it's the same old story

AWhere there's blood there's definite glory

DmOliver boy, someone stands there

A♯Oliver boy, just to count the guns, yeah

FOliver boy, you're dead but listen

AYou were wrong but we're no different

(Chords Behind the Solo)

Dm A♯ A Dm

B-F-(A x 2)

DmMarching to the left

A♯Everyone in step

FDon't ask the question

AWhy we're here with no direction

DmMarching to the right

A♯This is not our fight

FThe curse of friction

ABorn of man and contradiction

DmOliver boy, it's the same violation

A♯Oliver boy, just the clothes are different

FOliver boy, it's the same old story

AWhere there's blood there's definite glory

DmOliver boy, someone stands there

A♯Oliver boy, just to count the guns, yeah

FOliver boy, you're dead but listen

AYou were wrong but we're no different

DmAll of our boys

DmNow the sunshine's on the page I write

 Though it's rainA♯ing hard in PalestAineDm