Humane by Microdisney
From Microdisney’s 1985 The Clock Comes Down the Stairs album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. No capo.
INTRO
[A]
VERSE 1
Sing [E] “Give that fine young [E7] 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#m7] prayers [F#]
For the [D/A] safe return of [C#m] his departed [F#m7] head (That’s what he [B] said)
VERSE 2
[E] If they kick you [E7] 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#m7] you, [F#] boy
To [D/A] leave behind a [C#m] wretched guilty [F#m7] past [B]
CHORUS 1
[G] Humane the humane [Am7] will die with a [C/D] smile
[G] Firemen and barmen [Am7] must eat their [C/D] Ddinner
VERSE 3
The [E] factories were [E7] 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#m7] 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 [Am7] will die with a [C/D] smile
[G] Firemen and barmen [Am7] waiting all in a [C/D] line
And [G] see de Valera, [Am7] dead pig for a [C/D] throne
He says [G] “No sun and no stars [Am7] where you’re [C/D] going”
FADE
[G] [Am7] [Gsus4/A]