John Condon chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD  B minorBm  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA B minorBm  A augmentedA

Verse:
    D MajorD      G+G
Just a day, another day
 D MajorD     A augmentedA    G+G
Beneath the Belgian sun
        E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
Passed grave on grave, row upon row
    G+G    E minorEm  G+G    A augmentedA
Until I see the name, John Condon

Verse:
     D MajorD          G+G
Carved in stone with harp and crown
    D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
Little crosses in the ground
       E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
And standing there, my silent prayer
      G+G    E minorEm   G+G A augmentedA
Is for this boy who died a soldier

Chorus:
  D MajorD         G+G
Wee lad will not grow old
B minorBm          F# minorF#m
Heroes who don't come home
     G+G   B minorBm   D MajorD
Here they lie in Belgian fields
     A augmentedA D MajorD
In fields of wheat

Instrumental:
D MajorD G+G B minorBm D MajorD  A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse:
              G+G
Just a recruit in soldiers' blue
   D MajorD     A augmentedA     G+G
From Ireland's shores to here
      E minor 7Em7          D MajorD
This living hell, this cold (could tell)
        G+G    E minorEm  G+G    A augmentedA
Where young men die like you, John Condon

Verse:
     D MajorD          G+G
And all around, the harp and crown
  D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
The crosses in the ground
       E minor 7Em7        D MajorD
Stands up and proves the bitter truth
       G+G     E minorEm   G+G A augmentedA
The waste of youth that lies forgotten

Chorus:
  D MajorD         G+G
Wee lad will not grow old
B minorBm          F# minorF#m
Heroes who won't come home
     G+G   B minorBm   D MajorD
Here they lie in Belgian fields
     A augmentedA D MajorD
In fields of wheat

Instrumental:
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD A augmentedA G+G E minor 7Em7 D MajorD G+G E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm  F# minorF#m  G+G B minorBm D MajorD  A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA

Verse:
      D MajorD        G+G
Now tell me John, 'fore I go on
   D MajorD    A augmentedA      G+G
What did you come in here for?
        E minor 7Em7        D MajorD
With Ireland's home, your life untold
        G+G   E minorEm  G+G A augmentedA
Fourteen years old to die a soldier

Bridge:
     D MajorD          G+G
And all around, the harp and crown
  D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
The crosses in the ground
G+G
What cause to serve, so underserved
B minorBm           G+G
Heroes that don’t come home
D MajorD           F# minorF#m
Sing out for all their souls
     G+G   B minorBm   D MajorD
Here they lie in Belgian fields
     A augmentedA D MajorD
In fields of wheat

Outro:
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD A augmentedA G+G E minor 7Em7 D MajorD G+G E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD  G+G  B minorBm  F# minorF#m  G+G B minorBm D MajorD  A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA