The Knock Song Chords by Christy Moore

_ At the early edge [Eb] of Turquiet, [Bb] me mother sent [Eb] me west
Get up, say she, and get a job, [F] says I, I'll do [Eb] me [F] best
I pulled on me wellingtons to march to [Bb] Kilchimach
But I took a wrong turn in Charlestown and ended up [Eb] in Nock
_ Once this quiet [Bb] crossroads was a place of [Eb] gentle prayer
Where Catholics got indulgent [Bb]
once or [F] twice a year
You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed
[Eb] If you had a guilty [Bb] conscience, you could get it off [Eb] your chest
Then came the priest from Part 3, [Bb] Father Horton was [Eb] his name
_ Since he's been appointed, Nock has never been the same
_ [Ab] Begots his gem, tis [F] eighty years since Mary was a [Bb] doubt
Tis [Eb] time for another miracle, he blew the candle [Eb] out
From Paddymath to Bethlehem, [Ab] from Lawrence to Kilchimach
There's never been a miracle like [Bb] the airport of Nock _ _ _ _
_ To establish terra firma, he drew up a ten year [Eb] plan
And started running dances [Bb] around [Eb] 1961
[Ab] He built a [Eb] fantabulous church [Ab] calling on the holy [Bb] ground
[Eb] And once he had a focal point, [Bb] he started to [Eb] expand
Shift shops and bed and breakfasts [Bb] sprung up [Eb] overnight
Once a place for quiet retreats, [Bb] now a [Eb] holy site
[Ab] All sorts of [Eb] fancy restaurants [Ab] for every [Bb] race and creed
[Eb] Where black and white and yellow [Bb] pilgrims all could get [Eb] a feed
Stalls once on their canvas became [Bb] religious _ [Eb] supermarts
With such a range of godly [Bb] goods, they had top [Eb] twenty charts
[Ab] All the airport [Eb] opposition [Ab] was destroyed by [Bb] Jemstrom Gard
[Eb] For centenary celebrations he [Bb] got Jempol the [Eb] 23rd
[Ab] From [Eb] Paddymath to [Ab] Bethlehem, from Lawrence to [Eb] Kilchimach
There's never been a miracle [Bb] like the [Eb] airport of Nock
_ We had a blessed virgin [Bb] here, bold gems he [Eb] did declare
And Pope Jempol the [Bb] 23rd appeared just [Eb] over there
Now do you mean to tell me, he said in [Bb] total shock
That I am not entitled to an airport [Eb] here in Nock
T.D.'s were lobbied and [Bb] harassed with fog of [Eb] promised votes
People who'd been loyal for [Bb] years all spoke a [Eb] change in quotes
[Ab] Eternal [Eb]
damnation [Ab] was threatened [Bb] on the flock
Who said it was a bar to fill the airports [Eb] up in Nock
Now everyone is happy, the miracle is complete
Father Horton's got his runway, [Bb] it's eighteen [Eb] thousand feet
[Ab] All sorts of [Eb] planes could land [Ab] there, but that there's [Bb] little doubt
Andy for the Yankees to keep the [Eb] Russians [Ab] out
From [Eb] Paddymath to [Ab] Bethlehem, from Lawrence to [Eb] Kilchimach
There's never been a miracle [Bb] like the airport [Eb] of Nock _ _ _
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