Chords for TOWN I LOVED SO WELL, LUKE KELLY AND PHIL COULTER

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In [Bb] my _ _ [F] memory _ I [Eb] will _ always [Bb] _
see [Eb] the town [Bb] that I have loved [F] so well.
Our [Bb] school _ [F] played ball by [Eb] the gas [Bb] yard wall, and [Eb] we laughed through the [Bb] smold [F] and [Bb] the _ [Eb] smell.
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[Eb] Going _ home in [F] the rain, [Bb] running up the [Gm] dark lane, [Eb] past the [Gm] jail [Cm] and down [F] behind the fountain. _ _ _ _
Those [Bb] were _ _ [F] happy days in [Eb] so many, many [Bb] _ _
ways, [Eb] in the town [Bb] I _ [F] loved [Bb] so _ [Eb] well.
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In the _ _ [F] early morning [Eb] the shirt factory [Bb] _ horn [Eb] called women [Bb] from Cregan, _ the _ moor [F] and the bog.
[Bb] While the men on [F] the dole [Eb] played a _ _ [Bb] mother's role, held [Eb] the children [Bb] and then [F]
trained [Bb] the dog.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] And when [Eb] _ times got [F] tough, there was [Bb] just [Gm] about enough, but [Eb] they saw _ it [Cm] through _ without [F] complaining. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] For deep _ _ [F] _ inside [Eb] was a _ burning [Bb] pride _ [Eb] in the town [Bb] I _ [F] loved [Bb] so _ [Eb] well.
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There was _ _ [F] music there [Eb] in the _ dairy [Bb] _ _ air, [Eb] like a language [Bb] that we _ all could _ _ [F] understand. _
[Bb] I remember _ [F] the day that [Eb] I earned my first [Bb] pay, [Eb] when I played in a [Bb] small [F] pickup _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] band.
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There [Eb] I spent my [F] youth, and [Bb] to tell you [Gm] the truth, [Bb]
I [Eb] was _ sad to [Cm] leave it all [F] behind _ me. _ _
For [Bb] I'd learned about [F] _ life, and [Eb] I'd found [Bb] a wife in [Eb] the town [Bb] I _ [F]
loved [Bb] so _ [Eb] well.
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But [Bb] 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 plea.
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[Eb] Now the _ army's [F] _ installed, [Bb] right at old [Dm] Gas Yard [Gm] [Bb] Wall, and the [Eb] _ damned [Cm] barbed wire gets [F] higher and higher. _ _ _
With [Bb] their tangs and [F] their guns, oh [Eb] my God, what have [Bb] they done _ [Eb] to the town [Bb] I [F] loved so [Bb] _ _ [Eb] well.
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Now the _ _ music's gone, [Eb] but they carry _ [Bb] _ on, [Eb] for their _ spirit's [Bb] been bruised, never _ _ broken. _
They will _ not forget, _ but [Eb] their [Bb] hearts are set, [Eb] on tomorrow [Bb] and [F] peace [Bb] once again.
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For [Eb] what's done _ [F] is done, and [Bb] what's won [Gm] is [Bb] won, and [Eb] what's _ lost [Cm] is lost and gone [F] forever. _ _ _ _
I [Bb] can _ _ [F] only pray _ [Eb] for a bright brand new [Bb] _ day, [Eb] in the _ town [Bb] I _
_ [F] loved so [Bb] well. _
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