The Town I Loved So Well - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners Chords

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[Gm] In my _ _ _ [F] memory _ [Eb] I will _ always [Bb] see _ [Eb] the town _ [Bb] that I have loved [Eb] [F] so well
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Where our school [F] played ball [Eb] by the _ gas [Bb] yard _ wall
[Eb] And we _ laughed through [Bb] the smoke and the smell
_ _ Going _ home [F] in the [Bb] rain, running up the dark lane
[Eb] Past the jail and down [F] behind the fountain
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Those were _ [F] happy days [Bb]
[Eb] in so many, many [Bb] _ ways
[Eb] In the town [Bb] I loved so well _ _ _ _
In the _ [F] early morning _ [Eb] the shirt factory [Bb] _ whore
[Eb] Calls the women [Bb] from _ Craigin, the _ moor [F] and the ball
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While their men [F] on the dole [Eb] play the _ _ [Bb] mother's role
[Eb] Fetch the [A] children _ [Bb] and then train with the dole
_ And when _ times [F] got _ rough there [Bb] was just about enough
But [Eb] we saw _ it [Bb] through without [F] complaining
_ _ _ For [Bb] _
_ deep _ [F] _ inside [Eb] was a burning _ [Bb] pride
In [Eb] the town _ [F] I loved so [Bb] _ well
_ _ _ There was _ _ [F] music _ there in [Eb] the _ dairy [Bb] _ air
[Eb] Like a _ language [Bb] that we _ all could _ _ [F] understand _
[Bb] I remember _ [F] the day [Eb]
I earned my [Bb] first pay
[Eb] When I played in [Bb] a small pickup _ _ _ band
_ There I spent _ [F] my youth and [Bb] to tell you the truth
[Eb] I was _ sad to leave it all [F]
behind _ me
There [Bb] I learned [F] about life [Eb] and I found [Bb] a wife
[Eb] In the town [Bb] I loved [F] [Bb] so well _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ But when _ I [F] return _ [Eb] how my eyes have [Bb] burned
_ [Eb] To see [Bb] how a town could be brought to its [F] knees
[Bb] By the _ _ [F] armoured cars [Bb] and the bombed out cars
And [Eb] the gas that [Bb] hangs on [F] to [Bb] every breeze _ _ _
_ Now the _ army's [F] installed by the [Bb] low, gassy yard wall
And the [Eb] _ daft boy gets [F] higher and higher
_ _ With _
[Bb] their chimes and [F] their [Bb] guns
[Eb] Oh my God, what [Bb] have they done [Eb] to the town [F] I loved so [Bb] well
_ _ _ _ Now the _ _ _ [F] music's gone [Eb] but they carry _ [Bb] _ on
[Eb] For their _ spirit's [Bb] been _ _ bruised, never _ _ [F] broken
_ They [Bb] will _ not [F] forget and [Eb] their hearts [Bb] are set
[Eb] On tomorrow [Bb] and [F] peace [Bb]
once again
_ _ _ For what's done is [F] done [Bb] and what's won is won
And [Eb] what's lost _ is [Bb] lost and [F] gone forever
_ I [Bb] _ _ can _ [Gm] only [F] pray [Bb] for a bright, bright new day
_ [Eb] In the town [Bb] I loved [F] so [C] _ [Bb] well
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