Humane

Transpose
Year: 1985
Album: The Clock Comes Down The Stairs

VERSE 1
 
A 
 
Sing  
E 
“Give that fine young  
Em7 
pig an Irish  
F# 
passport”
 
My  
D/A 
father threw a
C#m 
way his paper  
F#m7 
hat 
 
 
B 
 
The  
A 
pig just brought him thanks and said some  
C#m 
prayers 
 
 
F# 
 
For the  
D/A 
safe return of  
C#m 
his departed  
F#m7 
head 
 
 
B 
(That’s what he said)
 
E 
If they kick you  
Em7 
out you’ll join the  
F# 
Army
D/A 
We won’t let you  
C#m 
lie around this  
F#m7 
house 
 
 
B 
A 
I have slaved and prayed and so will  
C#m 
you, 
 
 
F# 
boy
 
To  
D/A 
leave behind a  
C#m 
wretched guilty  
F#m7 
past 
 
 
B 
CHORUS 1
 
G 
Humane the humane  
Am 
will die with a  
Cadd9/D 
smile
G 
Firemen and barmen  
Am 
must eat their  
Cadd9/D 
dinner
VERSE 3
 
The  
E 
factories were  
Em7 
full of dancing  
F# 
bogmen
 
And the  
D/A 
Irish food ty
C#m 
coons, they went to Hong  
F#m7 
Kong 
 
 
B 
 
My  
A 
father gave up work ’cause he’d got  
C#m 
so 
 
 
F# 
sad
 
And  
D/A 
I ran off to  
C#m 
lie and starve and  
F#m7 
dream 
 
 
B 
CHORUS 2
 
G 
Humane the humane  
Am 
will die with a  
Cadd9/D 
smile
G 
Firemen and barmen  
Am 
waiting all in a  
Cadd9/D 
line
 
And  
G 
see de Valera,  
Am 
dead pig for a  
Cadd9/D 
throne
 
He says “
G 
No sun and no stars  
Am 
where you’re  
Cadd9/D 
going”
FADE
 
G 
 
Am 
 
Cadd9/D