Artist: | Paddy Reilly (English) |
User: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
The Town I Loved So Well Capo 3
In G my memo D ry I will C always G see
The C town that G I have loved so D well
Where our G school played D ball by the C gas yard G wall
And we C laughed through the G smoke D and the G smell.
Going G home in the D rain running C up the Dark G Lane
Past the C jail and down beside the D Fountain
Those were G happy D days in so C many many G ways
In the C town I G loved D so G well.
In G the early D morning the shirt C factory G horn
Called C women from G Creggan, New Ross and the D Bog
While the G men on the D dole played the C mother's G role
Fed the C children and G then C walked the G dog
And when G times got D rough there was C just about G enough
But they C saw it through without D complaining
For G deep in D side was a C burning G pride
In the C town I G loved D so G well.
There G was music D there in the C Derry G air
Like a C language that G we could all under D stand
I rem G ember the D day when I C earned my first G pay
When I C played in a G small C pick-up G band
There I G spent my D youth and to C tell you the G truth
I was C sad to leave it all D behind me
There I G learned about D life and I C found a G wife
In the C town I G loved D so G well.
But G when I re D turned how my C eyes were G burned
To C see how a G town could be brought to its D knees
By the G armoured D cars and the C bombed out G bars
And the C gas that hangs G on to C every G breeze
Now the G army's in D stalled by the C old gas yard G wall
And the C damned barbed wire gets higher and D higher
With their G tanks and their D guns
Oh my C God, what have they G done
To the C town I G loved D so G well.
Now G the music's D gone but they C carry G on
For their C spirit's been G bruised, never D broken
They will G not for D get but their C hearts are G set
On to C morrow and G peace C once a G gain
For what's G done is D done and what's C won is G won
And what's C lost is lost and gone D forever
I can G only D pray for a C bright brand new G day
In the C town I G loved D so G well.
Sung by Paddy Reilly. Written by Phil Coultner