Chords for Mick Flavin - Take Me Back To Mayo

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Take me back across the sea to a [A#] land so dear to me.
Take me [F] back home to Ireland [Gm] once again. _
[C] To my [F] hometown in Mayo [A#] that I left so long ago.
Let me [F] live again my [C] childhood [F] memories.
I [A#] long to hear the same old songs that [F] I heard so long ago.
I want to [G] meet once again the friends that [C] I've been missing so.
Oh [F] I've been so long away, still my [A#] heart cries every day.
Take me [F] back, take me [C] back home to [F] Mayo. _
I'll walk the streets of Castlebar, drop into [A#] Moran's for a jar.
Friendly [F] faces all around me [Gm] I'll see. _
[C] And I'll [F] hear a guitar strung as a [A#] sing-song has begun.
There's [F] no other place [C] on earth I'd [F] rather be.
I long [A#] to hear the same old songs [F] that I heard so long ago.
I want [G] to meet once again the friends [C] that I've been missing so.
Oh [F] I've been so long away, still [A#] my heart cries every day.
Take [F] me back, take [C] me back home to [F] Mayo.
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[C#] It seems [F#] like only yesterday [B] I sailed so far away.
[F#] Leaving everything I love so far [G#m] behind [C#] me.
But [F#] my cases are now packed for [B] each summer I go back.
I [F#] go back, I [C#] go back home to [F#] Mayo. _
I long [B] to hear the same old songs [F#] that I heard so long ago.
I want [G#] to meet once again the friends [C#] that I've been missing so.
Oh [F#] I've been so long away, still [B] my heart cries every day.
Take [F#] me back, take [C#] me back home to [F#] Mayo. _
Oh I've been so long away, still [B] my heart cries every day.
Take [F#] me back, take [C#] me back home to [F#] Mayo.
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