Chords for The Forge Sessions - The Town I Loved So Well - The Whistlin' Donkeys

_ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G#m] I would like to welcome the Whistler uncles here to the Forge Bar.
[G#] We know the Whistler
uncles are here to help [N] as well.
They've come here a long time.
Levert, good luck to them.
_ _ _ [Em] _
In [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ my _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] memory _ I [C] will _ [G] always see _ [C] the town [G] that I _ have loved so [D] well.
[G] Where our school [D] played
ball [C] by the gas [G] yard wall.
_ [C] And we laughed through [G] the [D] smoke and [G] the smell. _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [Em] Going home
in the [D]
rain.
[G] Running up the [Em] dark lane.
[C] Past the jail [Am] and down behind [D] the fountain. _ _ _
_ [G] Those
_ _ were happy [D] _
days in [C] so many, many [G] _
ways.
In [C] the town I [G]
loved so _ well. _ _ _
_ _ In the _ _ early [D] morning
[C] the short fire [G] tree horn.
[C] Called the women [G] from Craigin, _ the moor [D] and the bar.
[G] While
the men [D] on the _ dole [C] played _ _ [G] mother's role.
[C] Had the children [G] and [D] their [G] waddle doll. _ _ _
_ And
[Em] _ when times [D] got wrong.
There [G] was just [Em] about _ enough.
[C] But they saw _ [Am] it through without [D] complaining.
_ For _ _ _ [G] _ deep _ [D] inside _ [C] was a burning [G] cry.
_ [C] In the town I [G] _
loved [D] so [G] _ well. _ _
_ _ There was _ _ music [D] _ _ [C] there
in the dairy _
[G] _ air.
[C] Like a language [G] that we could _ all [D] understand.
_ I [G] remember _ _ [D] the day that
[C] I earned my [G] first pay.
[C] And I paid _ [G] in a [D] small, big, [G] old pile. _ _ _
_ There [Em] I spent _ [D] my youth.
[G] And
to tell [D] [Em] you the truth.
[C] I was sad [Am] to leave it [D] all behind me. _ _
_ _ [G] For I _ learned [D] about life.
[C] And I found
me [G] a wife.
[C] In the town I [G] _
[D] loved so [G] _ well. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But when I _ _
[D] _ returned.
How [C] my eyes were [G] _ barred.
[C] To see how [G] a
town could be brought to [D] its knees.
[G] By the _ _ [D] armored cars.
[C] And the bombed out [G] cars.
[C] And the gas that
[G] hangs on to every breeze. _ _
_ _ [Em] Now the _ army's [D] _
installed.
By [G] that [D] old gas [Em] yard wall.
[C] And the dumb [Am] barbed wire
gets [D] higher and higher. _ _ _
_ With [G] their tanks and [D] their guns.
Oh [C] my God what have [G] they done.
To [C] the town [G] I loved [D] so _ [G] well. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now the _ _ [D] music's gone.
[G] But [C] they carry [G] _
on.
_ [C] For their _ spirits [G] been bruised.
Never _ _ [D] broken.
_ They [G] will not [D] forget.
_ _ [C] For their
hearts [G] are set.
[C] On tomorrow [G] and [D] peace [G] once again. _ _ _
_ [D] [G] For [Em] what's done [D] is done.
And [G] what's won [D] _ [Em] is won.
[G] And what's _ [Am] lost is lost
and gone [D] forever. _ _ _
_ [G] I can _ only [D]
pray for [C] a bright brand [G] new day.
In [C] the town [G] I loved [D] [G] so well. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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