Chords for Irish Descendants - City of Chicago

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[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [C] 1847 [D] was the year it [Em] all began.
[A] Deadly [C] pains of hunger [D] drove a million [Em] from the land.
[A] They
journeyed [C] not for glory, [D] their motive [Em] wasn't free.
A voyage [C] of survival [D] across [C] stormy seas.
_ _ [G] _ [D] In the city [Em] of Chicago, _ [G] _ _ [D] as even [Bm] shadows fall, _ [C] _ [D] there are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] _ [D] of the hills of [A]
Donnygon.
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_ Some [E] _ _ _ _ [Am]
of them [C] knew fortune, [D] some of them [Em] knew fame, [Am]
more of [C] them knew hardship [D] and they died
upon [Em] the plain.
[Am] They spread throughout [C] the nation, [D] they rode the [Em] railroad cars,
[Am] bought their songs [C] and music [D] to ease their [C] lonely _ _ [G] hearts.
[D] In the city [Em] of Chicago, _
_ [G] _ [D] as even [B] shadows fall, [Bm] _ [C] _ [D] there are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] of [D] the hills of [Am] Donnygon. _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ [C]
1847 [D] was the year it [Em] all began.
[Am] Deadly [C] pains of hunger [D] drove a million [Em] from the land.
[A] They journeyed [C] not for glory, [D] their motive [Em] wasn't free.
[Am] A voyage [C] of survival [D] across [C] stormy seas.
_ [G] _
[D] In the city [Em] of Chicago, _ _ [G] _
[D] as even [Bm] shadows fall, _ [C] _
[D] there are [Em] people dreaming _ [C] _
[D] of the hills of [C] Donnygon.
_ _ [G] _
[D] In the city [E] of Chicago, _ _ [G] _
[D] as even [Bm] shadows fall, _ [C] _
[D] there are [Em] people dreaming
_ [C] _
[D] of the hills of [Am] Donnygon.
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[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _