Chords:
{t:Town I Loved So Well, The}
{artist:The Dubliners}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKazIh4tCc Bb capo 3
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[G] [D] [C] [G]
[C] [Am] [G] [D]
[G] In 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] gasyard [G] wall
And we [C] laughed through the [G] smoke [D] and the [G] smell
Going [C] home in the [D] rain, running [G] up the [D] dark [Em] lane
Past the [C] jail and [Am] down behind 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
[G] In the early [D] morning the [C] shirt factory [G] horn
Called [C] women from [G] Creggan, the Moor and the [D] Bog
While the [G] men on the [D] dole played a [C] mother's [G] role
Fed the [C] children and [G] then [D] trained the [G] dog
And when [C] times got [D] tough, there was [G] just a-[D]bout e-[Em]nough
But they [C] saw it [Am] through without com-[D]plaining
[G] For deep in-[D]side was a [C] burning [G] pride
In the [C] town I [G] loved [D] so [G] well
[G] There was music [D] there in the [C] Derry [G] air
Like a [C] language that [G] we all could under-[D]stand
I re-[G]member the [D] day when I [C] earned my first [G] pay
as I [C] played in a [G] small [D] pickup [G] band
There I [C] spent my [D] youth and to [G] tell [D] you the [Em] truth
I was [C] sad to [Am] leave it all be-[D]hind me
For I'd [G] learned about [D] life and I'd [C] found a [G] wife
In the [C] town I [G] loved [D] so [G] well
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[G] There was music [D] there in the [C] Derry [G] air
Like a [C] language that [G] we all could under-[D]stand
I re-[G]member the [D] day when I [C] earned my first [G] pay
as I [C] played in a [G] small [D] pickup [G] band
There I [C] spent my [D] youth and to [G] tell [D] you the [Em] truth
I was [C] sad to [Am] leave it all be-[D]hind me
For I'd [G] learned about [D] life and I'd [C] found a [G] wife
In the [C] town I [G] loved [D] so [G] well
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[G] But when I re-[D]turned, oh my [C] eyes, how they had [G] burned
To [C] see how a [G] town could be brought to it's [D] knees
By the [G] armoured [D] cars and the [C] bombed out [G] bars
And the [C] gas that hangs [G] on to [D] every [G] breeze
Now the [C] army's in-[D]stalled by that [G] old gas-[D]yard [Em] wall
And the [C] damned barbed [Am] wire gets higher and [D] higher
With their [G] tanks and [D] guns, oh my [C] God, what have they [G] done
To the [C] town I [G] loved [D] so [G] well
[G] Now the music's [D] gone but they [C] carry [G] on
For their [C] spirit's been [G] bruised, never bro-[D]ken
Oh, they'll [G] not for-[D]get still their [C] hearts are [G] set
On to-[C]morrow and [G] peace [D] once a-[G]gain
Now what's [C] done is [D] done and [G] what's [D] won is [Em] won
And what's [C] lost is [Am] lost and gone for-[D]ever [D7]
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 [C] [G]
