Chords for Luke Kelly The Town I Loved So Well

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] In my _ [Bb] _ _ [F] memory I [Eb] will _ always [Bb] see _ [Eb] the town _ [Bb] that _ I have loved [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 [F] the smoke [Bb] and the _ _ smell _
Going home [F] in the [Bb] rain, running up the dark lane
[Eb] Past the jail and down behind [F] the fountain
_ _ _ [Bb] Those were _ [F] happy days [Gm]
[Eb] in so many, many [Bb] _ ways
[Eb] In the town [Bb] I loved so _ well _ _ _ _
In the _ [F] early morning _
[Eb] the shag's factory [Bb] _ horn
[Eb] Calls the women [Bb] from _ Craigin, the _ moor [F] and the bog
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While their men [F] on the dole [Eb] play the _ _ [Bb] mother's role
[Eb] Fed the [A] children _ [Bb] and rented the _ _ dole
And when _ times [F] got rough [Bb] there was just about enough
But [Eb] we saw _ it through without [F] complaining
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_ deep _ [F] _ inside [Eb] was a burning _ [Bb] pride
In the [Eb] _ 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] returned _ [Eb] how my eyes have [Gm] [Bb] burned
_ [Eb] To see [Bb] how a town _ could be brought to its [F] knees
[Bb] By the _ _ [F] armored cars [Bb] and the bombed out bars
And [Eb] the gas that [Bb] hangs on [F] to [Bb] every _ breeze _ _
_ Now the _ army's [F] in store by [Bb] the low-dash lag wall
And [Eb] the damp of [F] fire gets higher and higher
_ With _
[Bb] their tanks and [F] their [Bb] guns
Oh my [Eb] God, what [Bb] have they done
[Eb] To the town [Bb] I [F] 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 _ [Eb] and their hearts [Bb] are set
[Eb] On tomorrow [F] and peace [Bb] once again
_ For _ _ what's done _ [F] is done [Bb] and what's won is won
And [Eb] what's lost is [Bb] lost and [F] gone forever
_ I [Bb] _ _ can _ [F] only pray _ [Bb] for a bright, bright new _ day
[Eb] In the town [F] I [Bb] _ loved [F]
so [Bb] well
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