The Last House In Our Street chords by Colum Sands

• Difficulty: Beginner

Verse 1:
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The last house in our street is the one we are living in.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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All the other windows have concrete curtains.
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see.

Verse 2:
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The flowers in our garden are made of bricks and broken glass.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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And ‘round the back we’re growing an outside toilet.
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see.

Verse 3:
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Wee Albert Mooney was blinded by a petrol bomb.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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The bomber said, we’re sorry, it must have been an accident.
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see.

Verse 4:
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A big rubber bullet killed little Johnny Morrisey.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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A policeman fired it, it must have been an accident.
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see.

Verse 5:
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God made the world, and Belfast is part of it.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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Sometimes I wonder if Belfast was an accident.
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see.

Verse 6:
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There’s a wall, there is, between us and them, there is.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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Is there anyone can tell me that they didn’t help in building it?
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see.

Verse 7:
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But the eyes of the world have concrete curtains.
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Throw the ball against the wall and back to me.
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Would you tear down the wall, would you open up the windows.
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Would you open up your eyes and tell me what you see.