The Hills Of South Armagh Chords by Briege Murphy

[G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] The _
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_ _ [B] crowded [C#m] streets [G#m] of Brooklyn _ [E] Seem a long [C#m] way from [F#] my home
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] People [G#m] rushing onward _ [E] Going to [C#m] and coming [F#]
from
_ _ [B] You [C#m] bid them time [G#m] a day And [E] they look the other [F#]
way
And [B] so you end up just [C#m] like them And [F#] talk to no one _ _
_ _ [B] Where the grass [C#m] is fresh [G#m] and green _ [E] Where the [C#m] air is pure [F#] and clean
_ Where [B] the gentle [C#m] rivers kiss [E] the mountain [F#] stream _ _
_ _ _ [B] Although I've [C#m] [G#m] travelled far _ [E] The hills of [C#m] South [F#] Arma
Are [B] the hills [C#m] I'm [G#m] roaming [E] _ nightly in [F#] my dream _
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[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] The view [C#m] from [G#m] my apartment _ [E] Is a [C#m] junkies _ [F#] alleyway
_ _ [B] _ [C#m] My children [B] speak in accents [E] not like [F#] mine _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] My old man's [G#m] working two jobs
[E] I don't see him much [F#] these days [B] We'd be [C#m] happy [G#m] if we [E] only had [F#] the time _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] I [C#m] hear the hills [G#m] are occupied [E] by _ _ strangers [F#] now
_ [B] And the work [C#m] keeps [G#m] getting [E] scarcer every [F#] day _
It's _ [B] a hard [C#m] life when [B] you're forced from home [E] To leave [C#m] the place [F#] you love
Oh, [B] it's a hard [C#m] life when [E] you're forced to live [F#] this way _
Where _ _ [B] the grass [C#m] is fresh [G#m] and green _ Where [E] the air [C#m] is pure [F#] and clean
_ _ [B] Where the gentle [C#m] _
[D#m] rivers kiss [E] the mountain [F#] stream _ _
_ _ _ [B] Although I've [C#m] travelled [G#m] far _ [E] The [C#m] hills of South [F#] Arma
Are [B] the hills [C#m] I'm [G#m] roaming [E] nightly in [A] my [C#m] dream _
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_ _ _ _ Sleep was hard to come by on [G#] the night before she left
_ _ Leary-eyed next morning she rose and combed her hair
_ [A#m] _ Taxi outside waiting