Chords for Sons and Daughters - Phil Coulter - The Town I Loved So Well

Oh
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In [G] my memory
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_ _ [C] _ I will always [G] see _
_ _ the [G] town that I
have loved
_ so [D] well _
Where our school
[D] played ball _
_ [C] by the gas [G] yard wall _
[C] And we laughed
_ [G] through the [D] smoke
and the [G] smell _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Going [D] home in the rain
Running [G] up the dark [Em] lane
[G] _
[C] past the jail
[Em] _ [Am] And down behind [D] the fountain
[E] _ _ _ _ Those [G] were _ happy [D] days
[C] in so many
_ [G] many ways
_ [C] in the town
_ [G] I loved
[D] _ [G] so well
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ There was _ [D] music there
_ [C] _
in the dairy [G] air
_ [C] Like a language [G] that we all
could _
_ [D] understand
_ _ [G] I remember
_ [D] the day
_ [C] That I earned my [G] first pay
_ [C] When I played
in [G] a small
[D] pickup [G] band
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] There I spent [D] my youth
And [G] to tell you [Em] the truth
[G] I [C] was sad
[Am] to leave it all [D] behind me
_ _ _ For [G] I'd learned
about [D] life
_ _ [C] And I found [G] a wife
_ [C] in the town
_ [G] I loved
[D] _ [G] so well
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ But [G] when I _ [D] _ Returned
how [C] my _ _ [G] eyes have burned
_ [C] to see
[G] How a town
could be brought
to [D] its knees
[G] by the
_ [D] armoured cars
_ [C] And the _ bombed [G] out bars
[C] And the gas
_ [G] that hangs [D] on
[G] to every breeze
_ _ _ _ [C] Now an _ [D] army's installed
[G] by that old
gas [Em] yard [G] wall
[C] And the damned barbed [Am] wire
_ gets [D] higher and higher
_ _ _ _ With [G] their tanks
_ [D] and their guns
[C] Oh my god, what [G] have they done?
_ [C] To the town
_ [G] I [D] loved
[G] so well
_ _ _ _ Now the _ _ [D] music's gone
_ _ [C] _
[G] But they carry on
_ [C] For their spirits [G] been bruised
_ Never grow _ [D] old
_ _ [G] They will _ not forget
_ _ But their hearts are set
_ [C] on tomorrow
_ [G] and peace
[D] _ [G] once again
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] For what's down
_ [D] Is done
_ [G] And what's won
_ [Em] is won
[G] And [C] what's lost
[Am] is lost and gone [D] forever
_ _ _ _ I [G] can _ [D] only pray
_ [C] for a bright
_ [G] brand new day
[C] In the town
_ [G] I [D] love
_ [C] so well _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen,