Chords for Phil Coulter ~ The Town I Loved So Well

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_ This is my hometown of Derry in the north of Ireland
It has a great tradition of music and a very proud [C] history being one of the oldest cities in the country
_ In recent years, it's suffered more than its fair share of pain and heartache
But there's something special about the place and about the people that has helped them overcome the worst of times
_ Of all the songs I've written.
This is the one I'd like to be remembered for
It's my story, but it's also the story of Derry the town I loved so well
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[D] _ Where _ [G] our school _
[D] played ball [C] by the gas _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] And we laughed _ [G] through the smoke and the smoke _ _
_ _ _ [C] Going home
[D] in the rain
[G] Running up the [Em] dark _ [D] lane
[C] past the jail
[Am] and down [D] behind the fence _
_ _ _ [G] Days were happy _
[D] _ days
[C] In so many [G] many ways
_ [C] In the time _ [G] I loved so well _
_ _ _ In the air _
[D] _ Morning [C] the _ shirt [G] factory home
_ _ [C] called _ _
[G] Craig _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] [G] while the man _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] Played a _ mother's [G] room _ [C] fed the children _ _
[G] And _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] When time [D] Got time
[G] There was just about [Em] enough
[G] and [C] they saw _
[Am] it through without [D] complaining _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] deep _ _
[D] inside
_ [C] Was a _ burning
[G] crime _ [C] in the town
[G] I love
_ so _ _
There _ _ _ was music [D] there
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[G] _ _ _ [C] Like a lot
[G] we are _ _ _ _ _
[D] The _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ day that [C] I am _
[G] _ _ I [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] spent _ _
[D] _ _ I
[G] To tell you [Em] _ I [G] [C] was sad [Am] to leave
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _
[G] In _ the [C] _ town _
[G] _ _ _ So well _ _
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[D] Return how [C] my eyes _
[G] _ _ To [C] _ see _
[G] _ Could be brought to [D] its knees by [G] the _ _
[D] Good cars _ [C] and the bomb _
[G] And _ [C] the gas that [G] I'm
_ To every breeze _
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[D] _ By [G] that [D] old gas [Em] yard wall _ [D] [C] and the down _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Their [D] guns, oh [C] my god, what have [G] they done to [C] the town?
No
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[Eb] Zicks gone, _ _ [Db] but they carry [Ab] on for [Db] their spin _ _
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[Eb] _ _ They [Ab] will not _
[Eb] _ _ But [Db] their hearts [Ab] are on _ [Db] tomorrow _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] I _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Can _ _ _
[Eb] For _ [Db] a bright _ brand [Ab] new day _ in the [Db] town _
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_ _ _ You _ _ _
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