Chords for The Town I Loved So Well - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] In my _ _ [Fm] memory _ [Eb] I will _ always [Bb] _
see [Eb] the town _ [Bb] that I loved.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Bb] Our school _ [Fm] played ball [Bb] by [Eb] the gas [Bb] yard wall, and [Eb] we laughed through [Bb] the [Fm] smoke.
_ [Bb] Going _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] home in [F] the rain, [Bb] running up the [Gm] dark lane, past [Eb] the jail and down behind [F] the fountain. _ _ _ _
[Bb] Those were _ happy [F] _
days in [Eb] so many, [Bb] many ways in [Eb] the town [Bb] I loved. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ In the _ early _ [F]
morning, [Eb] the charge [Bb] factory horn called [Eb] the women [Bb] from Cragan _ to come _ over and [Fm] to the ball.
While [Bb] their men [F] on the dole [Eb] played a _ _ [Bb] mother's role, fed [Eb] the children [Bb] and then [Fm] _ [Bb] trailed home. _ _ _ _
And [Gm] when times [F] got rough, [Bb] there was just about [Gm] enough, but [Eb] we saw _ it through without [F] complaining. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] For deep [F] inside _
_ [Eb] was a burning _ [Bb] pride in [Eb] the town [Bb] I loved.
_ _ There _ _ _ _ was _ _ [Fm] music there in [Eb] the dairy _ [Bb] _
air [Eb] like a line that [Bb] we all know.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] The day _ [Eb] I earned my [Bb] first pay when [Eb] I played [Bb] in a small pickup van. _ _ _ _
There [Gm] I spent _ [Fm] my youth, and [Bb] to tell you [Gm] the truth, I [Eb] was _ sad to leave it all [F] behind me. _ _ _
[Bb] There I learned [Fm] most life, and I [Eb] _ _ [Bb] found a wife in [Eb] the town.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _
[Bb] But _ _ _ _ _ when I _ _ [Fm] return, [Eb] how my eyes [Bb] have burned [Eb] to see how [Bb] a town could be brought [Fm] to life. _
[Bb] By the old _ [Fm] _ cars and [Eb] the bombed [Bb] out bars and [Eb] the gas that [Bb] hangs on [Fm] to a [Bb]
bridge.
_ _ _ _ _ Now [Gm] the _ [Fm] army's in a stall [Bb] by that old gas [Gm] yard wall, and the [Eb] _ downed bar wire gets higher [F]
and higher.
_ _ _ [Bb] With their tanks and [F] their guns, [Eb] my God, what [Bb] have they done to [Eb] the town [Bb] I _ [Fm] hold [Bb] so well.
_ _ _ _ Now the _ _ [Fm] music's gone, [Eb] but they carry _ [Bb] on [Eb] their _ spirit, [Bb] being who never broke.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] They will not _ [Fm] forget, _ [Eb] and their _ hearts [Bb] are set [Eb] on _ tomorrow [Bb] and peace [F] [Bb] once again.
_ _ _ For [Gm] what's done _ [F] is done, and [Bb] what's won [Gm] is won, and [Eb] what's lost is lost and gone [F] forever.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I can _ _ [F] only pray _ [Eb] for a bright brand [Bb] new day in the [Eb] _
town I [F] love.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _