Chords for The Wolfe Tones - Streets of New York
Tempo:
103.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Eb
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
We have a group with us tonight without doubt the most successful and most
Versatile and most long-lived group on the Irish scene.
told me they told us all that they first appeared on the late
1964 the first time and they're 18 years on the road and they have a lovely new song which is just out which was penned
most talented young man from Bagatelle and he decided it wasn't for him
for them.
[Cm] [Gm] [Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
Versatile and most long-lived group on the Irish scene.
told me they told us all that they first appeared on the late
1964 the first time and they're 18 years on the road and they have a lovely new song which is just out which was penned
most talented young man from Bagatelle and he decided it wasn't for him
for them.
[Cm] [Gm] [Eb]
[Bb] [F] [Eb] [Bb]
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_ _ _ _ We have a group with us tonight without doubt the most successful and most _
Versatile and most long-lived group on the Irish scene.
They just told me they told us all that they first appeared on the late
late show in
1964
_ 1964 the first time and they're 18 years on the road and they have a lovely new song which is just out which was penned
For them by Liam Riley that most talented young man from Bagatelle and he decided it wasn't for him
But it was certainly for them.
Let's have a welcome please for the wolf cove. _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
I
Was 18 years old when I went down to Dublin with a [Gm] fistful of money [Eb] and the [F] carload of dreams
_ [Bb] Take your time [Cm] said me father [Bb] stop rushing [Eb] like hell [Gm] and remember all is not [F] what it seems
[Bb] to be
[F] For those fellas [Gm]
what's culture [Eb] for the coat [Bb] on your back [Eb] for the watch [Gm] that you got [F] from your mother
_ [Bb] So take care [Cm] me young bucko [Bb] and mind [Eb] yourself.
Well, [Bb] and will you give [F] this we know to [Bb] me brother?
_ [F] At the time uncle Benji [Eb] was a policeman [Bb] in Brooklyn [F] and me father the youngest
[Eb] Looked [F] after the farm
_ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] Mama America [Bb] said send [Eb] the lodge over [Gm] and the young fellas said [F] sure it wouldn't do [Bb] any harm _
[Eb] But I spent [F] my life
[Bb] In this dirty old ground [Eb] for a few [F] pints of porter [Bb] and a smell of a pound
And sure, maybe [Cm] there's something [Bb] you learn
[Eb]
ISD and [Bb] you can bring it [Gm] back home [F] make it easy [Bb] on me
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] So I landed [Cm] at Kennedy [Bb] and a big [Eb] yellow taxi
[Gm] Carried me and me back [Eb] through the streets [F] and the way _
[Bb] Well me poor heart [Cm] was pumping [Bb] around with [Eb] excitement
[Bb] And I hardly [Gm] even heard what [F] the driver [Bb] was saying
_ We [F] came in the [Gm] short pathway [Eb] to the flatlands [Bb] in Brooklyn [Eb] to my [Gm] uncle's apartment
[F] Honey, I [Bb] was feeling [Cm] so happy
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
Well to shorten the story [Eb] what I found out [Bb] that day [F] was that Benji got shot [Eb] down
_ _ _ Why I [Cm] was flying [Bb] my way to [Eb] New York [Bb] poor Benji [Gm] was lying [F] in a pose
[Bb] tomorrow
_ _ [Eb] Well, I found [F] out the alpha
[Bb] Told him the news [Eb] I could tell he [F] called Harvey [Bb] stand up in his shoes
And he wept [Cm] as he told me [Bb] go ahead with [Eb] the plan
[Bb] And not to [Gm] forget [F] be a proud [Bb] Irishman
[Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [C] So I went [D] up to [C] Nelly's beside
[F] _ [C] And I started [Am] to learn [F] about the lift [G] and the load
_ [C] But the [D] heaviest thing that [C] I carried [F] that year [Am] was the bitter sweet pause of [G] my hometown
[C] So dear I [G] went home that [Am] December
[F] Cuz the old fella [C]
died
[F] I took all [Am] the money [G] from a fella on the side [C] and all the [Dm] bright flowers [C] and
Cotton [F]
-tied [C] the poor wasted [G] face of me [C] father.
I
[G] sold out the
Alpha for [F] what it [C] was worth
[G] And into my bag stuck a [F] handful [G] of herbs
Then [C] I boarded a [D] train and I [C] caught me a [F] plane and I found [Am] myself back in [G] the US [C] again
_ It's been [F] 22 [G] years since [C] I've set foot in Dublin
[F] Me kids know to use [C] the correct type and far _ _ _
But I never forget the green grass [F] and the rivers [C] as I keep
[Am] in [G] the streets [C] of New York
[F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh _
_ _ Big big round of applause they're very genuine applause that for the wolf tones with the song of
Emigration and I should imagine that's going to be a big hit for them a pen does I say by Liam Riley of?
Bagatelle now ladies and gentlemen we have in the audience tonight a man who was
Versatile and most long-lived group on the Irish scene.
They just told me they told us all that they first appeared on the late
late show in
1964
_ 1964 the first time and they're 18 years on the road and they have a lovely new song which is just out which was penned
For them by Liam Riley that most talented young man from Bagatelle and he decided it wasn't for him
But it was certainly for them.
Let's have a welcome please for the wolf cove. _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
I
Was 18 years old when I went down to Dublin with a [Gm] fistful of money [Eb] and the [F] carload of dreams
_ [Bb] Take your time [Cm] said me father [Bb] stop rushing [Eb] like hell [Gm] and remember all is not [F] what it seems
[Bb] to be
[F] For those fellas [Gm]
what's culture [Eb] for the coat [Bb] on your back [Eb] for the watch [Gm] that you got [F] from your mother
_ [Bb] So take care [Cm] me young bucko [Bb] and mind [Eb] yourself.
Well, [Bb] and will you give [F] this we know to [Bb] me brother?
_ [F] At the time uncle Benji [Eb] was a policeman [Bb] in Brooklyn [F] and me father the youngest
[Eb] Looked [F] after the farm
_ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] Mama America [Bb] said send [Eb] the lodge over [Gm] and the young fellas said [F] sure it wouldn't do [Bb] any harm _
[Eb] But I spent [F] my life
[Bb] In this dirty old ground [Eb] for a few [F] pints of porter [Bb] and a smell of a pound
And sure, maybe [Cm] there's something [Bb] you learn
[Eb]
ISD and [Bb] you can bring it [Gm] back home [F] make it easy [Bb] on me
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] So I landed [Cm] at Kennedy [Bb] and a big [Eb] yellow taxi
[Gm] Carried me and me back [Eb] through the streets [F] and the way _
[Bb] Well me poor heart [Cm] was pumping [Bb] around with [Eb] excitement
[Bb] And I hardly [Gm] even heard what [F] the driver [Bb] was saying
_ We [F] came in the [Gm] short pathway [Eb] to the flatlands [Bb] in Brooklyn [Eb] to my [Gm] uncle's apartment
[F] Honey, I [Bb] was feeling [Cm] so happy
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
Well to shorten the story [Eb] what I found out [Bb] that day [F] was that Benji got shot [Eb] down
_ _ _ Why I [Cm] was flying [Bb] my way to [Eb] New York [Bb] poor Benji [Gm] was lying [F] in a pose
[Bb] tomorrow
_ _ [Eb] Well, I found [F] out the alpha
[Bb] Told him the news [Eb] I could tell he [F] called Harvey [Bb] stand up in his shoes
And he wept [Cm] as he told me [Bb] go ahead with [Eb] the plan
[Bb] And not to [Gm] forget [F] be a proud [Bb] Irishman
[Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [C] So I went [D] up to [C] Nelly's beside
[F] _ [C] And I started [Am] to learn [F] about the lift [G] and the load
_ [C] But the [D] heaviest thing that [C] I carried [F] that year [Am] was the bitter sweet pause of [G] my hometown
[C] So dear I [G] went home that [Am] December
[F] Cuz the old fella [C]
died
[F] I took all [Am] the money [G] from a fella on the side [C] and all the [Dm] bright flowers [C] and
Cotton [F]
-tied [C] the poor wasted [G] face of me [C] father.
I
[G] sold out the
Alpha for [F] what it [C] was worth
[G] And into my bag stuck a [F] handful [G] of herbs
Then [C] I boarded a [D] train and I [C] caught me a [F] plane and I found [Am] myself back in [G] the US [C] again
_ It's been [F] 22 [G] years since [C] I've set foot in Dublin
[F] Me kids know to use [C] the correct type and far _ _ _
But I never forget the green grass [F] and the rivers [C] as I keep
[Am] in [G] the streets [C] of New York
[F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh _
_ _ Big big round of applause they're very genuine applause that for the wolf tones with the song of
Emigration and I should imagine that's going to be a big hit for them a pen does I say by Liam Riley of?
Bagatelle now ladies and gentlemen we have in the audience tonight a man who was