Chords for Raymond Coleman - The Town I Loved So Well

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In my _ _ [F] memory _ _ [Eb] I will always [Bb] _ see the [Eb] town [Bb] that I _ have loved [F] so well.
_ [Bb] Our school [F] played ball by [Eb] the gas [Bb]-shard wall, _ [Eb] and we laughed through [Bb] the smoke [F] and [Bb] smell. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Going home [F] in the rain, [Bb] running _ up the dark lane, _ [Eb] past the chill _ [Cm] and down behind [F] the fountain. _ _
_ _ [Bb] Those were _ happy [F] days in [Eb] so many, [Bb] many ways, in [Eb] a town [Bb] I loved [Fm] so _ [Bb] well. _ _
_ _ _ In the _ early [F] _ morning, [Eb] the shirt factory [Bb] horn _ [Eb] called the women [Bb]
from Craigin, _ the moor [F] and the bogs.
[Bb] While the men on [F] the dole played [Eb] a _ [Bb] mother's role, [Eb] fed the children [Bb] and then [F] _ [Bb] walked the dogs. _ _
_ And [Gm] when times [F] got rough, _ [Bb] there was just about enough, but [Eb] they saw _ [Cm] it through without [F] _ complaining. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Far deep _
[F] inside _ [Eb] was a burning [Bb] _ pride for the [Eb] town I [Bb] loved [F] so _ [Bb] well.
There _ _ _ was _ [F] music there, in [Eb] that free _
[Bb] derriere, _ [Eb] like a language [Bb] that we could _ all _ [F] understand.
_ _ [Bb] I remember _ the [F] day [Eb] when I earned my [Bb] first pay, [Eb] as I played in [Bb] a small [F] pick [Bb]-up band. _
_ _ _ [G] There I spent [F] my youth, [Bb] and to tell you the truth, I [Eb] was _ sad [Cm] to leave it all [F] behind me.
_ _ For [Bb] I learned about [F] life, and [Eb] I found [Bb] a wife in a [Eb] town [Bb] I loved _ [F] so [Bb] well. _
But _ _ when I _
[F] returned, _ [Eb] how my eyes were [Bb] burned, _ [F] [Eb] to see [Bb] how a town _ could be brought to [F] its knees.
_ [Bb] By the _ armoured [F] cars, and [Eb] the bombed [Bb] out bars, [Eb] and the gas that [Bb] hangs on [F] to [Bb] every breeze. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Now the army's _
[F] installed, [Bb] by that old gas yard wall, and [Eb] the _ [Cm] town barbed wire gets [F] higher and higher. _
_ With [Bb] their tanks _ [F] and their guns, _ oh my [Eb] God, what [Bb] have they done _ [Eb] to the town I [Bb] loved [F] so [Bb] well. _
Now _ _ _ the _ [F] music's gone, _ [Eb] but they still [Bb] carry on, [Eb] for their _ spirit's [Bb] been bruised, never _ _ [F]
broken.
_ Oh [Bb] they'll not [F] _
forget, cause [Eb] their hearts [Bb] are set, _ [Eb] on tomorrow [Bb] and peace [F] _ [Bb] once again.
_ Now _ _ _ [Gm] what's done, is [F] done, [Bb] and what's won is won, and [Eb] what's lost, [Cm] is lost and gone [F] forever. _
_ _ I [Bb] can _ only [F] pray, _ [Eb] for a bright brand [Bb] new day, _ [Eb] in a town I [Bb] loved [Fm] so [Bb] well. _ _
_ _ _ In a [Eb] town I [Bb] _ _ [F] loved so _ _ _ [Eb] well. _ _ _ _ _
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