Oblivious Chords & Lyrics - Christy Moore

[VERSE 1]
[C]What will it [F]take to make us [C]angr[F]y?
[Am]Where is the [F]spark to light our [C]flam[G]e?
We've been [Am]sold out t[F]aken in yet [C]blindl[F]y
We'll do it [G]all [F]again, we'll fuel that [Em]grave [F]train,
[Dm]oblivious, it's [F]like were obliviou[Dm]s
We sti[C]ck with the tribe and we Stand by our [Em]man
[Am]Whipped into shame by this [F]great master plan
[C]Stuck in a spiral still [Em]fighting an old civil [F]war

[C]Back in the day we had [Em]men of esteem
[Am]Risked their lives for a [F]national dream
A c[C]entury away and[Em] what was it all [F]for

[VERSE 2]
Hear their voices down the [C]decades
[F]Calling to me and to [C]you
[F]All that they dreamed for and [Em]died for
Has been [F]squandered by scoundrels and [Dm]fools
Is this re[F]ally the best we can [G]do.

[VERSE 3]
Tell me [C]What will it [F]take to make us [C]angry[F] ?
[Am]Where is that line [F]that can't be [C]crosse[G]d
[Am]We've been sold out[F] taken in yet [C]blindl[F]y
We'll do it [Em]all again, [F]we'll fuel [Em]that grave train[F] ,
[Dm]Oblivious,[G] ,,, Obl[C]ivious.[G] [C]

[VERSE 4]
So whe[F]n they give all that you treasure away for a [C]half nothing
Or ba[F]nish your children to toil on a rich foreign [C]shore
When they p[F]rey on the weakest and bow to the ones that hav[Em]e plent[Am]y,,
They [Dm]know that you'll follow blindly as you did [G]before.

[C]Imagine a nation where [Em]people are free not s[Am]laves to some gombeenman [F]economy
[C]Sold into bondage one [Em]ill fated September [F]night, [C] [F]
where [C]smooth talking sleeveens don't [Em]spin and pretend
Their pro[Am]mises not just a [F]means to an end and [C]justice isn't what's[Em] legal
It's what is [F]right

But the king of Island [C]ready [F]echoes the cries of the [C]clown [F]
Heaps [F]pain on the sick and [Em]needy to [F]soften the Ice-maiden's [Dm]frown
And [F]we take it all lying [G]down