Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette Chords & Lyrics - Christy Moore

[VERSE 1]
[Em]They dropped the bomb in '[C]45 to end the [D]world [Em]war,
[C]No-one had [D]ever seen such a [Em]terrible sight before,
The [C]world looked on with [D]eyes wide to [Em]see where it might lead,
The [C]politics of [D]power, they [Em]passed around their seed,
It was a [D]time to remember, we never can forget,
They were playin' [Em]Hiroshima, [C]Nagasaki, [D]Russian [Em]Roulette.

[VERSE 2]
[Em]They arose like the [C]saviours of our [D]modern human [Em]race,
With [C]radiation [D]haloes, that [Em]hung about their face,
With the [C]key to the [D]sure-cure, the [Em]treatment of our ills,
[C]A hot-shot of [D]cobalt, and a [Em]pocket-full of pills,
Speaking [D]always of the enemy, who lurked across the sea,
While they [Em]crept in [C]among us like a [D]carrier [Em]disease.

[VERSE 3]
[Em]Deep down in the [C]bunkers of the [D]concrete and the [Em]lead,
[C]Einstein's [D]disciples working [Em]steadily ahead,
Making [C]heavy metal [D]power-plants to [Em]fire the city lights,
[C]All you can hear in the [D]underground is the [Em]humming through the night,
And the [D]walls of tight security, circle all around,
Where they [Em]spill out their [C]poison and [D]bury it in the [Em]ground.

[VERSE 4]
[Em]Holed up in the [C]harbours hidden [D]secretly [Em]away,
[C]War-heads and [D]submarines await[Em] to make their play,
T[C]he military [D]masterminds imp[Em]rove on their design,
The [C]soldiers get [D]doped up and s[Em]tumble through the lines,
While the [D]spills into the rivers get carried out by the tide,
They [Em]call this [C]security, I [D]call it [Em]suicide.

[VERSE 5]
[Em]Our statesmen and [C]leaders on their [D]politicians [Em]pay,
[C]Quick to heed the [D]hand that feeds, they're [Em]careful what they say,
They call out [C]experts to [D]assure us, to [Em]wave their magic wands,
This is the [C]power of the [D]future, And the [Em]future marches on,
And they [D]call in all their favours, all their political gains,
While the [Em]spills fill the [C]rivers and [D]settle in the [Em]plains.

[VERSE]
[Em]I know the minds [C]behind them, they are [D]riddled full of [Em]holes,
[C]Not to be [D]trusted with their [Em]hands at the controls,
Their [C]eyesight it is [D]twisted by the [Em]glory of their careers,
The [C]heaped praise and [D]flattery is [Em]music to their ears,
To [D]listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet's,
Like playing [Em]Hiroshima, [C]Nagasaki, [D]Russian [Em]Roulette.