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Did You Know? This song is about two neighbours of Sinead's when she lived in England. They had borrowed a moped from a friend and the police assumed they’d stolen it, so they chased them. The boys then panicked fearing the police, crashed the moped into a petrol station and died.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Belt
Most Advanced Rhythm: White Belt
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Belt (White Belt when played with Django chords only)
Image: Sinead O'Connor by Man Alive!
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Sinead O'Connor, Black Boys On Mopeds Chords
Chords:
Capo 4th Fret
Django G Chord
Django C Chord
Django D Chord
Key:
With capo B, without G
Strumming:
"The Waltz Steps":
|D D U D U |
"Straight 6s":
|D U D U D U |
Tempo: 104bpm
Intro -
Chords:
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x2
Strumming:
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x2
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
Verse -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x8
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x8
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)Margaret Tha(D)tcher on
(Cx2)TV
Shocked by the
(G)deaths that took (D)place in Bei(Cx2)jing
Seems (G)strange that she (D)should be of(Cx2)fended
The same
(G)orders are (D)given by (Cx2)her
(G) I've said
(D)this before
(Cx2)now
You said I was
(G)childish and
(D)you'll say it (Cx2)now
(G) Remem(D)ber what I (Cx2)told you
If (G)they hated (D)me, they will
(C)hate you
Fill -
|C - - |C - - |
|D DUDU|D DUDU|
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps)
Chorus -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
England's not the
(G)mythical (D)land of (Cx2)Madame George and roses
It's the (G)home of (D)police who kill (Cx2)black boys on mopeds
And (G)I love my (D)boy, and (Cx2)that's why I'm leaving
I don't (G)want him to be (D)aware that there's (Cx2)any such thing as grieving
Fill
Verse -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)Young mother
(D)down at Smith
(Cx2)Field, 5 a.m.
(G)Looking for
(D)food for her (Cx2)kids
In her (G)arms she holds (D)three cold (Cx2)babies
And the (G)first word that (D)they learned was (Cx2)"Please"
|C - - |C - - |
|D DUDU|DUDUDU|
(Waltz Steps/straight 6s)
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - || x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)These are (D)dangerous (Cx2)days
To say what you (G)feel is to (D)make your own (Cx2)grave
(G) Remem(D)ber what I (Cx2)told you
If you (G)were all the (D)world they would (Cx2)love you
Fill
Chorus
Ending -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x3
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x3
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
|G - - |D - - |C - - |
|D DUDU|D DUDU|D |
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/1 Strum)
Final Chord Strum: C
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Sinead O'Connor, Black Boys On Mopeds Chords
Chords:
Capo 4th Fret
Open G Chord
Open D Chord
Django C Chord: (dC)
Key:
With capo B, without G
Strumming:
"The Waltz Steps":
|D D U D U |
"Straight 6s":
|D U D U D U |
Tempo: 104bpm
Intro -
Chords:
||G - - |D - - |dC - - |dC - - || x2
Strumming:
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x2
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
Verse -
||G - - |D - - |dC - - |dC - - || x8
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x8
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)Margaret Tha(D)tcher on (dCx2)TV
Shocked by the (G)deaths that took (D)place in Bei(dCx2)jing
Seems (G)strange that she (D)should be of(dCx2)fended
The same (G)orders are (D)given by (dCx2)her
(G) I've said (D)this before (dCx2)now
You said I was (G)childish and (D)you'll say it (dCx2)now
(G) Remem(D)ber what I (dCx2)told you
If (G)they hated (D)me, they will (dC)hate you
Fill -
|dC - - |dC - - |
|D DUDU|D DUDU|
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps)
Chorus -
||G - - |D - - |dC - - |dC - - ||x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
England's not the
(G)mythical (D)land of (dCx2)Madame George and roses
It's the (G)home of (D)police who kill (dCx2)black boys on mopeds
And (G)I love my (D)boy, and (dCx2)that's why I'm leaving
I don't (G)want him to be (D)aware that there's (dCx2)any such thing as grieving
Fill
Verse -
||G - - |D - - |dC - - |dC - - || x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)Young mother (D)down at Smith (dCx2)Field, 5 a.m.
(G)Looking for (D)food for her (dCx2)kids
In her (G)arms she holds (D)three cold (dCx2)babies
And the (G)first word that (D)they learned was (dCx2)"Please"
|dC - - |dC - - |
|D DUDU|DUDUDU|
(Waltz Steps/straight 6s)
||G - - |D - - |dC - - |dC - - || x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)These are (D)dangerous (dCx2)days
To say what you (G)feel is to (D)make your own (dCx2)grave
(G) Remem(D)ber what I (dCx2)told you
If you (G)were all the (D)world they would (dCx2)love you
Fill
Chorus
Ending -
||G - - |D - - |dC - - |dC - - || x3
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x3
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
|G - - |D - - |dC - - |
|D DUDU|D DUDU|D |
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/1 Strum)
Final Chord Strum: djangoC
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Sinead O'Connor, Black Boys On Mopeds Chords
Chords:
Capo 4th Fret
Open G Chord
Open C Chord
Open D Chord
Key:
With capo B, without G
Strumming:
"The Waltz Steps":
|D D U D U |
"Straight 6s":
|D U D U D U |
Tempo: 104bpm
Intro -
Chords:
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x2
Strumming:
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x2
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
Verse -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x8
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x8
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)Margaret Tha(D)tcher on (Cx2)TV
Shocked by the (G)deaths that took (D)place in Bei(Cx2)jing
Seems (G)strange that she (D)should be of(Cx2)fended
The same (G)orders are (D)given by (Cx2)her
(G) I've said (D)this before (Cx2)now
You said I was (G)childish and (D)you'll say it (Cx2)now
(G) Remem(D)ber what I (Cx2)told you
If (G)they hated (D)me, they will (C)hate you
Fill -
|C - - |C - - |
|D DUDU|D DUDU|
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps)
Chorus -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
England's not the
(G)mythical (D)land of (Cx2)Madame George and roses
It's the (G)home of (D)police who kill (Cx2)black boys on mopeds
And (G)I love my (D)boy, and (Cx2)that's why I'm leaving
I don't (G)want him to be (D)aware that there's (Cx2)any such thing as grieving
Fill
Verse -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)Young mother (D)down at Smith (Cx2)Field, 5 a.m.
(G)Looking for (D)food for her (Cx2)kids
In her (G)arms she holds (D)three cold (Cx2)babies
And the (G)first word that (D)they learned was (Cx2)"Please"
|C - - |C - - |
|D DUDU|DUDUDU|
(Waltz Steps/straight 6s)
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - || x4
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x4
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
(G)These are (D)dangerous (Cx2)days
To say what you (G)feel is to (D)make your own (Cx2)grave
(G) Remem(D)ber what I (Cx2)told you
If you (G)were all the (D)world they would (Cx2)love you
Fill
Chorus
Ending -
||G - - |D - - |C - - |C - - ||x3
||D DUDU|D DUDU|D DUDU|DUDUDU|| x3
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/Straight 6s)
|G - - |D - - |C - - |
|D DUDU|D DUDU|D |
(Waltz Steps/Waltz Steps/1 Strum)
Final Chord Strum: C
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