Chords for Liam O'Connor & Mike Denver - The Story I'll Tell you is True.

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Come stroll for a while through my memory [A] _
And [E] I'll tell you of times long [B] ago _ _
When [E] we walked to school summer and winter [A] _ _
_ [E] Barefoot through [B] the fields we [E] would go _ _ _
I remember our little [A] thatch cottage _ And [E] the half door leading to [B] the hall _ _ _
[E] The crane o'er the fire in the kitchen _ [A] _
And [E] the grandfather _ [B] clock on [E] the _ _ wall
All the stout it was cured [A] with a _ poker _ [E] And poochine [C#m] they said cured [F#m] the flu
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[E] The bacon it hung from the ceiling [A] Sure [E] the story [B] I tell you [E] is true _ _ _
We went in the trap to mass on [A] days And [E] _ _ granddad would wear his [B] best hat _ _ _
[E] The priests would recite from the altar [A] _
And [E] the women [B] in different [E] seats sat _ _ _
_ _ Matchmaking was part of [A] _ tradition _ And [E] the rambling house filled up [B] at night _ _ _
[E] When the tailor would tell the ghost _ [A] stories Oh [E] the children [B] would shiver [E] with fright _ _ _
All the stout it was cured [A] with a _ poker _ [E] And poochine [C#m] they said cured [F#m] the flu
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[E] The bacon it hung from the ceiling [A] Sure [E] the story [B] I tell you [E] is true
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_ _ remember the sound of the anvil [A] _
And [E] the burning horse hoof we [B] would smell _ _
When [E] we passed the forge door in the evening [A] _
With [E] the water [B] we fetched from [E] the well _ _ _
We splantled the cows [A] before _ milking Tied [E] the horse to the wall through [B] the shoe _ _ _
[E] His collar and hangs, his winkers [A] and rings [E] The harness we kept it like new _
All the stout it was cured [A] with a _ _ poker [E] And poochine [C#m] they said cured [F#m] the flu
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[E] The bacon it hung from the ceiling [A] Sure [E] the story [B] I tell you [E] is true _ _
For miles to the fair in the darkness [A] _
With [E] our animals we walked with [B] delight _ _
When [E] the wheeling and dealing was over [A] _ _
_ [E] Everyone [B] waited on for [E] the fight _
Now I hope that in telling [A] this _ _ story [E] I haven't detained you [B] too long _ _
[E] For there is so much more I must tell [A] you _
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All the stout it was cured [A] with a _ _ poker [E] And poochine they [F#m] said cured the flu
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[E] The bacon it hung from the ceiling [A] _
Sure [E] the story [B] I tell you [E] is true
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Oh [E] the story [B] I tell you [E] is true _ _ _
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