Chords for On Grafton Street

Marcia Bloom, we thank you kindly for being here.
We hope that you've had a wonderful holiday,
and we wish you once again a very happy New Year
going into the year of 95.
And all of our [B] circle of friends [E] gathered with us
here in Nashville, Tennessee, the Blue Moon Orchestra
and myself wish you, Mary [G] Black, Francis Black,
our [E] friends over there yonder with you,
a very, very happy day and a great year.
And to our special friends, [B] the Chieftains,
Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton Jr.,
who aren't here with us,
but gathered in a circle with the Blue Moon Orchestra
[F] to record these next [E] two songs,
we wish you a very happy New Year.
And to our special guests sitting out in the audience,
sipping a beer and enjoying a New Year's Eve,
Fred Kohler, who [N] co-wrote this next song with me.
_ On Grafton Street, it is your street,
and these days in an open book.
Happy New Year.
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_ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [B] [G] On Grafton Street [C] at Christmas time,
[G] the elbows push you [C] around.
This [Bm] is not my [G] place [C] of memories,
_ _ [G] stranger in this [D] town. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] And the faces seem [G] familiar,
_ and I know those songs they [C] play.
_ But I close my eyes and [G] find myself
[C] 5 [D],000 miles [G] away. _ _ _ _ _
It's funny how my world turns [Am] about you. _ _ _ _
[C] _ I am the [G] one thing you've never thought [Am] of,
but _ [D] really, _ _
[C] I _ just can't [G] _ stand to think [Am] about _ you.
_ You [C] reach better here than [G] far in the land. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Buskers sing [C] their kindle [Bm] lights
[G] down a beauty [C] store. _ _
[G] And a young man [C] offers me charity
from deep over the [D] border. _
And I feel _ [C] _ _
prepared [G] to tell
the [Bm] sisters I've been [C] to,
_ _ how it mainly takes
[Bm] _ and [G] those [C] I [D] say goodbye [G] to you. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ It's funny how my [G] world goes round [Am] about you. _ _ _ _
[C] I am the [G] one thing you've never thought [Am] of,
but really,
[D] I _
_ [C] _ _ just [G] can't stand to think [Am] about you. _ _
You [C] reach better here than [G] _ far in the land. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Church bells ring, [C] calling out,
[G] back out in [C] vain. _
_ [G] _ It's been too many [C] years and more
since I last said your [D] name. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] If you [G] live your gallows now
in a house out on the [C] plain,
_ _ _ they need to [G] speak on you.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ It's funny how [G] my world goes round [Am] about _ you. _ _ _
[C] I am the [G] one thing you've never thought [Am] of,
but really,
[D] I just can't [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ stand to [Am] think about you. _ _ _
You [C] reach better here than _ [G] far [D] in the [G] land. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Grafton [C] Street, Christmas time,
[G] the elbows [C] push you down.
[G] All I carry now, [C] a man who he's
a [G] stranger in this town. _
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