G                                     ...... C                ...      G
On a far off August day, cold young men in ambush lay,
                     .....   Em                   .. D
By a roadside beneath where flowers grow,
           ..     G                               ......       C                           ....   G
So much hate for one so young, who was right and who was wrong,
                         .......               D            ....          G        CGD
Though a thousand years may pass we'll never know.

Chorus
G                                                             ............         C
Candles dripping blood, they placed beside your shoulders,
          ...      D                             ......         G        D
And Rosary beads like teardrops on your fingers,
             ...   G                                .....      C                     .... Am
Friends and comrades standing by, in their grief they wonder why,
    .    D                                   .......           G        D
Michael in your hour of need you had to go.

G                           ......                   C               ..       G
As the evening twilight came, gently fell the autumn rain,
...........................Em                        D
But you lay still and silent on the ground,
   .     G                                            ........  C         .     G
As we hung our heads in prayer, in our sorrow and despair,
         ....               G          ..    D                 ...     G          CGD
We wondered was it friend or foe who shot you down,

Chorus
G                                                             ............         C
Candles dripping blood, they placed beside your shoulders,
          ...      D                             ......         G        D
And Rosary beads like teardrops on your fingers,
             ...   G                                .....      C                     .... Am
Friends and comrades standing by, in their grief they wonder why,
    .    D                                   .......           G        D
Michael in your hour of need you had to go.

Key Change to A

A                         .........                             D        ..      A
The flame that you held high, as you called up to the sky,
A               ......               F#m          E
To end this senseless killing and the shame,
     ..           A                      ......                D                       .....       A
It’s now passed to other hands and it’s carried throughout this land
    .    A      ..        E                 ....     A              DAE
By some not even fit to speak your name

Chorus
A                                                              ............       . D
Candles dripping blood, they placed beside your shoulders,
          ...    . E                             ......        ..A       E
And Rosary beads like teardrops on your fingers,
             ... . .A                                .....     ..D                     ...Bm
Friends and comrades standing by, in their grief they wonder why,
    .    E                                    .......           A         E
Michael in your hour of need you had to go.