The Shipyards and Gdansk Chords by Seán Keane

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_ _ _ _ [G] In _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a quiet _ darkened corner, _ [F] in a bar [D] outside the town, _
[F] A Polish man [G] was drinking, _ _
[F] he [C] looked a [G] little down. _
[C] I served him with his order, _ [F] he paid me and [D] said thanks. _
[F] My name [G] it is Yatsy from [C] _ _ _ _ Gdansk. _
My father _ worked the _ shipyards [F] and he gave him [D] his life. _ _
[F] I followed [G] in his footsteps _ [C] as I felt that was [G] my right.
[C] But one cold November _ _ morning, [F] _ year of 04,
[D] _ _
They handed me [G] my papers [C] at the door. _ _ _ _ _
[F] And the wife and children [G] he has left [C] _ _ behind, _ _ _
[F] A plain [D] ring rosy in [G] his mind.
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[F] Even though his gifted [G] _ hands [C] are not needed [Em] in [F] his land,
He still dreams [G] of the shipyards and [C] _ _ Gdansk. _ _ _
But when I came to Ireland _ [F] to build [D] myself a _ life,
[F] And feed the [G] Celtic tiger _ [F] for my _ [C] family [G] and wife,
[C] Building walls in Tipperary, _ [F] laying roads in [D] Dublin town, _
[F] And dreaming _ [G] of the day I'm [C] homeward bound. _ _ _ _ _
Just as the bar [Em] was closing, _ [F] he lifted [D] up his glass,
[F] Says here's a [G] toast to Ireland, _ [C] to a future and [G] her past.
[C] A light that [Em] shines within you, [F] in my heart will [Dm] always dance. _
When I return [G] to the shipyards and [C] _ _ _ Gdansk, _ _
[F] And the wife and children [G] he has left [C] _ _ behind, _ _ _
[F] A plain ring [D] _ rosy in [G] his _ mind.
_ _ Even [F] _ though his gifted [G] _ hands [Em] were not needed in [F] his land,
He still [C] dreams [G] of the shipyards and [C] _ Gdansk.
_ _ And [F] even though his gifted [G] _ hands [C] were not [Em] needed in his land,
He still dreams [G] of the shipyards and [C] _ Gdansk. _ _ _ _ _
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