Chords for The Town I Loved So Well

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_ In [Bb] my memory _ _ [F] _
_ I [Eb] will _ always [Bb] _
see [Eb] the town [Bb] that I have loved [F] so well
[Bb] Where our school [F] played ball [Eb] by the gas [Bb] yard wall
[Eb] And we laughed through [Bb] the smoke [F] and the _ smell _ _
_ [Eb] Going home in [F] the rain, [Bb] running up the [G] dark lane
[Gm] [Eb] Past the [Gm] jail [Cm] and down behind [F] the fountain _ _ _
Those [Bb] were _ happy [F] _
days in [G] so many, [Eb] many [Bb] ways
In [Eb] the town I _ [F]
loved [Bb] so well _ _ _ _
In the _ early [F] morning _ the [Eb] shirt factory _ [Bb] horn
[Eb] Called _ women from [Bb] Craigham, _ the moor [F] and the _ bog
[Bb] While the men [F] on the dole [Eb] played a _ [Bb] mother's role
[Eb] Feathered the children [Bb] and then [F]
trained [Bb] the _ dole
And _ _ [Eb] when times [F] got tough, there [Bb] was just about [Gm] enough
But [Eb] they saw [Gm] it [Cm] through without [F] complaining _ _ _ _
For [Bb] deep _ _ [F] in sight was [Eb] a burning _ [Bb] pride
In the town I [Bb] _ [F] loved so _ well _ _ _
There was _ _ music there in the [Eb] _ dairy air _
Like a language that [Bb] we all could _ _ [F] understand _
I [Bb] remember _ [F] the day that [Eb] I earned my first [Bb] pay
When I [Eb] played in a [Bb] small [F] pickup _ [Bb] _ van _ _ _
There [Eb] I spent my [F] youth and to [Bb] tell you [Gm] the truth
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I [Eb] was _ sad to [Cm] leave it all [F] behind _ me
_ For I'd [Bb] _ learned about [F] life and [Eb] I'd found [Bb] a wife
In [Eb] the town I [Bb] _ [F] loved so [Bb] _ _ well _ _ _
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But when I _ [F] returned, how [Eb] my eyes [Bb] have burned
[Eb] To see how [Bb] a town could be brought to [F] its knees
[Bb] By the _ _ [F] armoured cars [Eb] and the bombed [Bb] out _ bars
[Eb] And the gas that [Bb] hangs on [F] to every [Bb] _ breeze _ _ _ _
[Eb] Now the _ army's [F] _ installed by [Bb] that old gas [Gm] yard wall
And [Eb] the dark _ [Cm] _ gets higher [F] and higher
_ _ _ With [Bb] their tanks and [F] their guns, oh [G] my [Eb] God, what have [Bb] they done _
[Eb] To the town [Bb] I [F] loved [Bb] so well _ _ _
Now the _ _ [F] music's gone, [Eb] but they carry _ [Bb] on
For [Eb] their _ spirit's been [Bb] _ bruised, never _ _ [F] broken _
They [Bb] will _ not [F] forget, _ but [Eb] their hearts [Bb] are set
[Eb] On tomorrow [Bb] and [F] peace [Bb] once again
For _ _ [Eb] what's done _ [F] is done and [Bb] what's won [Gm] is won
And [Eb] what's lost [Cm] is lost and gone [F] forever _ _ _ _
I [Bb] can _ only [F] pray _ [Eb] for a bright brand new [Bb] day _
[Eb] In the _ town [Bb] I _ _ [F] loved so [Bb] well _
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