This Story I Tell You Is True ----- Ann Marie O'Riordan + Lyrics Underneath Chords

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[C] _ _ _ _ I'm strolling for a while through my _ memory [F] _ and [C] I'll tell [Am] you of times long [Dm] ago
_ [G] _ _ When [C] we walked to school summer and [Am] winter _ [F] _ _ _
[C] Barefoot through [G] the fields we [C] would go
_ _ I remember our little [F] tent cottage _ And the [C] half [Am] door led into [Dm] the [G] hall
_ The [C] rain or the fire in the [Am] kitchen _ [F] _ And [C] the _ [G] grandfather's clock on [C] the wall
_ Oh the stoutest was cured with [F] a poor _ _ _ _
[C] grandpa's team [Am] They said cured [Dm] with _ [G] you _ _
[C] Bacon lit on from the ceiling [F] Sure the [C] story [G] I tell you [C] is true _ _ _
We went in the trap to mass on [F] days on [C] And [Am] granddad would wear his [Dm] best hat
[G] _ The [C] priest would resell from the altar [F] _ And [C] the women [G] in different [C] steeds hat _ _ _ _
_ Matchmaking was [D] part of [F] _ tradition The _
[C] rambling [Am] house filled up [Dm] at night
[G] _ And [C] the tailor would tell the ghost stories [F] _ Oh [C] the children [G] would shiver [C] with fright
_ Oh the stoutest was cured with [F] a poor _ _ _ _
[C] grandpa's team [Am] They said cured [Dm] with you
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[C] Bacon lit on from the ceiling [F] _ Sure [C] the story [G] I tell you [C] is true _ _ _ _
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I remember the sound of the _ [F] anthel Of [Am] the burning hearth to free [Dm] would smell
[G] _ When [C] we passed the fourth door in the evening [F] _ _
[C] Which water [G] we fetched from [C] the well _ _ _
We'd spancel the cows [F] before milking _ Tie [C] the hearth to [Am] the wall through [Dm] the chute
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[C] His collar and taint, his [Am] winker [F] and reins [C] The harness [G] he kept it [C] like new _ _
Oh the _ stoutest was cured [F] with a poor _ _ _
[C] grandpa's team [Am] They said cured [Dm] with you
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[C] _ Bacon lit on from the ceiling [F] _ Sure [C] the story [G] I tell you [C] is true _ _ _
Far miles to the fair in the darkness [F] _ We [C] saw _ randomers we walked with [Dm] _ delight
[G] _ When [C] the weaning and dealing was [F] over _ _
[C] Everyone [G] waited on for [C] the pint _ _
Now I hope that in telling [F] this story _ _ _
[C] I haven't detained you [Dm] too long
[G] _ There [C] is so much more I must tell [F] you _ _
[C] _ Someday [G] in some [C] other song _ _
Oh the _ stoutest was cured [F] with a poor _ _ _
[C] _ grandpa's [Am] team They said cured [Dm] with you
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[C] _ Bacon lit on from the ceiling [F] _ Sure [C] the story [G] I tell you [C] is true
_ [F] _ Sure [C] the story I [G] tell you is [C] true _ _ _
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