The Town I Loved so Well Chords by Luke Kelly

This song is called, The Town I Love [Fm] So Well. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ It's a song about a fellow who was born in a town, who went to school, and what happened to him after that.
It goes like this.
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_ [Eb] _ In [Dm] _ [Cm] _ [A] _ [Cm] _
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[Bb] my _ _ [F] memory _ [Cm] I will _ [Bb] always _ see [Eb] the [Bb] town that I have _ [F] loved so well.
[Bb] Where a school [F] played ball by [Eb] the gas [Bb] yard wall, and [Eb] we laughed [Bb] through the smoke [F] [Bb] and the _ smell.
_ _ [F] [G] Going [Gm] home in the [Cm] rain, [Bb] running off the [Gm] dark lane, past [Eb] the jail _
[Cm] and [Gm] down behind [F] the fountain. _ _
[Dm] Those [F] _ [Bb] were _ happy [F] days [Eb] in so many, [Cm] many [Bb] ways.
[Eb] In the town [Bb] I [F] love so [Bb] well. _ _
_ _ In the _ [F] early morning, [Eb] the shag-flagged tree [Bb] _
-horn called [Eb] the women [Bb] from Cragan, _ the moor [C] and the ball.
[F] [Bb] While their men on the door [F] _
made [Eb] a mark, _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] headed for children [Cm] [Bb] and then [C] trained [Bb] to the dog.
[Eb] [Bb] And _ _ _ [Gm] when [F] times got rough, there [Bb] was just [Gm] about enough, [D] but [Eb] we saw it [Cm] through [F] without complaining.
_ [Dm] For [F] _ _
[Bb] _ deep _ [F] _ inside [Cm] was a [Eb] burning _ [Bb] pride, [Eb] in the town [Bb] I love [F] so _ [Bb] well.
_ _ _ There was _ _ [F] music there [Eb] in the _ dairy, [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] like a _ [Cm] language [Bb] that we all could _ _ [C] understand. _
[Bb] I remember _ [F] the day [Eb] I earned my [Cm] [Bb] first pay, when [Eb] I played in [Bb] a [F] small pickup.
[Bb] _ _ There _ _ _ [F]
[Gm] I spent _ [F] my youth, and [Bb] to tell _ [Am] [Gm] the truth, I [Eb] was sad [Cm] to leave a dog [F] behind me.
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] There [Bb] I learned _ [F] about life, [Eb] and I found _ [C] [Bb] a wife in [Eb] the town [Bb] I [C] love so [Bb] well. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] But [C] _ _
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when I _ [F] return, [Cm] how my [Eb] eyes [Bb] have burned, [Eb] to see _ [Bb] how a town could be [D] brought [Bb] [C] to its knees.
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[Bb] By the _ [F] arm of cars [Eb] and the bomb of [Bb] _ _ bars, [Eb] and the _ gas [Gm] that hangs [C] on to a [Bb] green-green.
_ _ _ Now _
[Gm] the army's [F] _ installed [Bb] by that old [F] gas [Gm]-yacht wall, [Bb]
[Eb] and the damn _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ wire gets higher [F] and higher.
_ [Dm] _ [Cm] With _
[Bb] their tanks [F] and their guns, oh [Eb] my God, what have [Cm] they [Bb] done [Dm]
[Eb] to the town [Cm] [Gm] I love [C]
[Bb] so well. _ _ _ _
Now the _ _ _ [F] music's gone, but [Cm] they [Eb] carry [Cm] _ [Bb] _ on, for [Eb] their _ spirit's [Bb] been bruised, never _ _ [F] broken. _
They [Bb] will _ not [F] forget, _ [Eb] and their _ hearts [Bb] are set [Eb] on tomorrow [Bb] and [C] peace _ [Bb] once again. _ _ _
For [Gm] what's done _ [F] is done, [Bb] what's won _ [Gm] is won, and [Eb] what's _ lost [Cm] is lost and gone [F] forever.
_ _ [Dm] [Bb] They [F] _ _ [Bb] can _ only [F] pray _ for [Eb] a bright [C] brand [Bb] new day [Eb] in the _ town [Bb] I _ [C] love so _ [Bb] well.
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