Chords for Donna Taggart - The Town I Loved So Well

[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
In [B] my _ [F#] _ _ [C#] memory _ I [B] will always _ [F#]
see [B] the town _ that [F#]
I have _ loved so [C#]
well.
[F#] Where our school played [C#] ball by [B] the old _ [F#] start wall.
And we [B] laughed through the [F#]
smoke [C#] and the [F#] snow. _ _ _ _
_ Going [B] _ home in the [C#] _
rain,
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] Mountain _ _ _ moo's were [F#] _ _ happy [C#] _
days.
[B] In so many, _ many [F#]
ways.
[B] In the town [F#] I _
_ [C#] so [F#] well. _ _ _ _
_ In the _ [C#] early morning,
[D#] This [B] shirt factory _ [F#]
hall.
[B] Called women [F#] from Craiglin,
The moor [C#] and the paw.
_ [F#] While the men [C#] on the door
_ [D#m] Played a [B] _ mother's [F#] role.
_ [B] Fed the children [F#] and then
[C#] _ [F#] Walked the dog. _ _ _ _
_ [B] And when _ times [C#] got tough,
_ [F#] There was [Fm] just a [C#] bad [D#m] enough.
[F#] _ [B] But they saw [F#] _ [G#m] it [F#] through without complaining.
_ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] For _ deep [C#]
inside
_ [D#] Was a [B] burning _ [F#]
pride.
_ In the [B] town I [F#]
loved [C#] _ [F#] so well. _ _ _
_ _ _ There was _ _ music
[C#] _ In [B] the _ dairy [F#] _ air.
[B] Like a language [F#] that we
Could all [C#] understand.
_ _ [F#] I remember [C#] the day
[B] When I earned my [F#] first pay.
And [B] I played in [F#] a small
[C#] _ [F#] Pickup. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] [B] There I spent _ [C#] my youth.
[F#] And to [C#] tell you [D#m] the truth,
_ [B] I was sad [F#] to [G#m] _ [F#] leave it all behind me. _
[C#] _ _ _ [A#m] [F#] For I _ learned [C#] about life
And [G#m] I found me [F#] a wife
[B] In the town I [F#] loved [C#] _ [F#] so well. _ _
_ _ _ But when _ I [C#] returned,
How [B] my eyes _ [F#] have burned
[B] To see how [F#] the town
_ Was being pulled to [C#] its knees
By [F#] the _ armored [C#] _ cows
And [B] the bite _
[F#] _ bars
And [B] the cast that [F#] hangs
On [C#] to every [F#] tree. _ _
_ _ Now [B] the _ armies [C#] and storms
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[G#m] Are [F#] raising the sadness
Higher and higher _ _
[C#] _ _ With [F#] their tithes
And [C#] their guns.
Oh [B] my God, what have [F#] they done
To [B] the town I [F#] _ [C#] loved [F#] so well.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ _ Now the _ _ [C#] music's gone
But [B] they carry _
[F#] _ on
[B] For their spirit's been [F#] _ bruised
Never broke. _ _
[C#] _ _ They [F#] will not [C#] forget
But [F] their [B] hearts are [F#] set
On [B] _ tomorrow and [F#] peace [C#] once
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] [F#] For [B] what's _ done [C#] is done
And [F#] what's [C#] won is [D#m] won
[F#] And [B] what's [F#] lost is [G#m] lost
[F#] And gone [C#] forever. _ _ _
_ _ I [F#] can _ [C#] only pray
_ For [B] a bright brand new [F#] day
In [B] the town [F#] I loved [C#] so [F#] well. _
_ _ _ _ In [B] the _ town [F#] I loved [A#m] so [C#]
well.
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _