Far Away Boys Chords by Flogging Molly

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Well, I worked on [A] the railroad [E] for tupins [A] a day,
[E] Drank down [A] one penny, [Am] the other [E] I'd sail.
I hammered [A] and I _ [E] hammered for God [A] knows how long,
[E] Well [A] into madness [Am] with each [E] setting sun.
I put my [A] head down [E] and I dreamt [B] you were here
[E] With me by [A] the old tree [Am] where no one [E] could care.
Far away boys, [A] far away [E] boys, away from [A] you now.
[E] I'm lying [A] with my sweetheart, [Am] her arms [E] I'll be found.
Then the sun _ [A] belched upon me, [E] you were no _ [A] longer here.
[E] _ Lying in [A] your place [Am] was my hammer and [E] my gear.
So I stamped [A] out the fire [E] that kept [A] us both warm.
[E] The ashes [A] were falling [Am] like the _ [E] snowdrops of old.
We came to [A] a mountain _
[E] dynamite and [B] she'll blow
[E] A big hole in [A] that rock _ [Am] like the one in [E] my soul. _
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We buried [A] four workmen [E]
and dug themselves [A] a well.
[E] From four [A] empty coffins [Am] to four [E] early graves.
They're only paddies, [A] just paddies, [E]
don't dig them [A] too deep.
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You'll need all [A] your strength boys, they're [Am] replaced _ [E] easily.
With the heat I [A] was melting [E] _
into your [B] sweet lips.
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Ah, your kiss takes [A] me back, takes [Am] me back [E] from all this.
Far away boys, [A] far away boys, [E] away from [A] you now.
[E] I'm lying [A] with my sweetheart, [Am] her arms [E] I'll be found.
Someone said it [A] was Christmas, [E] but not a tree [A] was in sight.
[E] The only [A] thing growing [Am] was my will [E] to die.
Till the gaffer [A] said, men, [E] your work [A] here is done.
I [E] said I'll see you [A] in hell [Am] on that train we [E] died for.
Never _ [A] _ again [E] will I smell [B] your sweet dream.
[E] But a piss stained [A] old gutter where your [Am] lips [E] used to be. _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ Far away boys, [A] far away boys, [E]
away from [A] you now.
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I'm lying [A] with my sweetheart, [Am] her arms [E] I'll be found.
Far away boys, [A] far away [E] boys, away from [A] you now.
[E] I'm lying [A] with my sweetheart, her [Am] _ arms I'll be [F#m] _
_ [E] found. _ _ _
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