Chords for Flight of Earls - Paddy Reilly

[Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
I can [G] hear the [C] bells of Dublin _ in this lonely [G] _ [C] waiting room.
_ [F] The paper boys _ [C] are singing in [G] the [A] rain.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] Not too [G] long before [C] they take us to the [G] airport [C] and the North _ [F] to get on [C] board a [G] _
[C] transatlantic
_ [F] _ _ [C] plane. _
[Am] [G] We've got nothing left to stay for.
[F] We've got no more [C] left to say. _
[F] And there isn't [C] any work _ [G] for us to _ do. _ _ _
[C] So farewell [G] ye boys [C] and girls.
Another bloody [G] [C] flight of [Dm] airs.
[C] [F] Our best asset _ _ [C] is [G] our best [C] export [F] too.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _
[C] It's not [G] murder, [C] fear or famine _ that makes [G] us [C] leave this [Dm] time.
[C] [F] We're not going to [C] join _ McAlpine's [G] _ [C] Fusiliers.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] We've got [G] brains and [C] we've got vision. _
We've got _ [G] education [C] too. _
[F] And we just can't [C] waste away [G] the precious [C] _ [F] years.
_ [C] _ _
So [G] we walk the streets of London _ [F] and the streets of [C] Baltimore. _
[F] And we meet at night [C] in several _ [G] Boston bars. _ _ _ _
[C] We're the [G] leaders [C] of the future _ and we're far [G] away [C] from [Dm] home.
[C] [F] And we dream of you [C] beneath [G] the Irish [C] _ stars. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Take _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a look [G] at [C] Ellis Island _ and the [G] lady [C] in the bay _ [F] as Manhattan turns [C] to face the [G] lovers someday.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _
We [C] just [G] wonder [C] what you're doing _ to bring [G] us [C] all back home [F] as we look [C] forward to [G]
another [C] Monday.
[F] _ _ [C] _ For [Am] [G] it's not the work that scares us.
[F] We don't mind an [C] honest job _ [F] and we know things will [C] get better _ [G] once again. _ _ _ _
So [C] a [G] thousand [C] times a year _ we've got fun [G] all and [C] you too. _
[F] All we're missing _ [C] is the Guinness [G] _
[C] and the rain. _ _ _ _
So switch off [G] your new [C] computer _ for the [G] writings [C] on the wall.
[F] We're leaving [C] as our fathers left [G] before. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Take a look [G] at Dublin [C] Airport _ and the boat [G] that leaves [C] Northwall. _
[F] There'll be no youth _ [C] unemployment [G] _
_ [C] anymore. _ _ _ _
For [G] we're over here in Queensland _ [F] and in parts of New [C] South Wales.
[F] We're on the [C] seas and airways [G] and the trains. _ _ _
But [C] when we [G] see better [C] _ days, those big airplanes [G] go [C] both ways.
[F] And we'll all be [C] coming back [G] to you [C] again.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
Yes, [F] we'll all be [C] coming back [G] to you [C] again.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _