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Am7

The Town I Loved So Well

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	G	D/F#	C/E	G
In my	memor	y I will	always	see

	C	G	D
The	town that	I have loved so	well

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
Where our	school played	ball by the	gasyard	wall

	C	G	D	G
And we	laughed through the	smoke	and the	smell

	C	D	G	G/F#	G/E	G/D
Going	home in the	rain, running	up the	dark	lane

	C	C/B	Am7	D
Past the	jail	and	down behind the	fountain

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
Those were	happy	days in so	many, many	ways

	C	G	D	G
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
In the	early	morning the	shirt factory	horn

	C	G	D
Called the	women from	Creggan, the Moor and the	Bog

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
While the	men on the	dole played a	mothers	role

	C	G	D	G
Fed the	children and	then	trained the	dog

	C	D	G	G/F#	G/E	G/D
And when	times got	tough there was	just a	bout e	nough

	C	C/B	Am7	D
But they	saw	it	through without com	plaining

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
For	deep in	side was a	burning	pride

	C	G	D	G
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
There was	music	there in the	Derry	air

	C	G	D
Like a	language that	we all could under	stand

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
I re	member the	day when I	earned my first	pay

	C	G	D	G
And I	played in a	small	pickup	band

	C	D	G	G/F#	G/E	G/D
There I	spent my	youth and to	tell you	the	truth

	C	C/B	Am7	D
I was	sad	to	leave it all be	hind me

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
For I	learned about	life and I'd	found a	wife

	C	G	D	G
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
But when	I re	turned how my	eyes have	burned

	C	G	D
To	see how a	town could be brought to its	knees

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
By the	armoured	cars and the	bombed out	bars

	C	G	D	G
And the	gas that hangs	on to	every	tree

	C	D	G	G/F#	G/E	G/D
Now the	army's in	stalled by that	old gas	yard	wall

	C	C/B	Am7	D
And the	damned	barbed	wire gets higher and	higher

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
With their	tanks and their	guns, oh my	God, what have they	done

	C	G	D	G
To the	town I	loved	so	well

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
Now the	music's	gone but they	carry	on

	C	G	D
For their	spirit's been	bruised, never	broken

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
They will	not for	get but their	hearts are	set

	C	G	D	G
On to	morrow and	peace	once a	gain

	C	D	G	G/F#	G/E	G/D
For what's	done is	done and what's	won	is	won

	C	C/B	Am7	D
And what's	lost	is	lost and gone for	ever

	G	D/F#	C/E	G
I can	only	pray for a	bright, brand new	day

	C	G	D	G
In the	town I	loved	so	well

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