Chords for The Town I Loved so Well

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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] In _ [Bb] my _ _ _ [F] memory _ [G] I will _ [Eb] [Bb] always see the [Eb] town [Bb] that _ I have loved [F] so well.
[Bb] Where our school [F] played ball [G] by the [Eb] 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 dark [Gm] _
lane, past [Eb] the jail [Gm] and [Cm] down [F] behind the fountain. _ _ _
Those [Bb] were _ happy [F] _
days [G] in so many, many [Eb] _ [Bb] _
ways, in the [Eb] town [Bb] I _ [F]
loved so [Bb] _ well. _ _ _
In the _ early [F] _
morning [Eb] the shirt factory [Bb] _ horn [Eb] called _ women [Bb] from Cregan, _ the _ moor [F] and the bog.
[Bb] While the men [F] on the dole [G] played a [Eb] _ _ [Bb] mother's role, [Eb] feathered the children [Bb] and then [F]
trained [Bb] the dole. _ _ _
And when [Eb] _ times got [F] tough, there was [Bb] just about [Gm] enough, but [Eb] they saw [Gm] it [Cm] through _ without [F] complaining. _ _ _ _ _
For [Bb] deep _ _ _ [F] inside was a [Eb] _ burning _ [Bb] pride, in the [Eb] town I [Bb] _ loved so _ well. _ _ _
There was _ _ music [F] there, in the [Eb] _ dairy _ [Bb] _ air, like [Eb] 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 [Dm] you [Gm] the truth, [Bb]
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 a [Bb] _ 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 _ armored [F] _ cars, [Eb] and the bombed [Bb] out bars, [Eb] and the gas that [Bb] hangs on [F] to [Bb] every breeze. _ _ _ _
Now [Eb] the _ army's [F] _ installed, by [Bb] that old gas [Gm] yard wall, [Eb] and the _ damned [Cm] barbed wire gets higher [F] and higher.
_ _ With _ [Bb] their tanks, and their [F] guns, oh [Eb] my God, what have they [Bb] done, _ [Eb] to the town [Bb] I [F] loved so [Bb] _ well. _ _ _
Now the _ _ [F] music's gone, but [Eb] 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 is [F] done, and [Bb] what's won [Gm] is won, and [Eb] what's _ lost is [Cm] lost and gone [F] forever. _ _ _ _
I can [Bb] _ _ only [F] pray, for [Eb] a bright brand new [Bb] day, in [Eb] the town _ [Bb] I _ loved [F] so [Bb] well. _ _
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