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D/C#

Bm7

The Town I Loved So Well

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	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
In my	memor	y I will	always	see

	D	A	E
The	town that	I have loved so	well

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
Where our	school played	ball by the	gasyard	wall

	D	A	E	A
And we	laughed through the	smoke	and the	smell

	D	E	A	A/Ab	A/F#	A/E
Going	home in the	rain, running	up the	dark	lane

	D	D/C#	Bm7	E
Past the	jail	and	down behind the	fountain

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
Those were	happy	days in so	many, many	ways

	D	A	E	A
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
In the	early	morning the	shirt factory	horn

	D	A	E
Called the	women from	Creggan, the Moor and the	Bog

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
While the	men on the	dole played a	mothers	role

	D	A	E	A
Fed the	children and	then	trained the	dog

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

	D	D/C#	Bm7	E
But they	saw	it	through without com	plaining

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
For	deep in	side was a	burning	pride

	D	A	E	A
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
There was	music	there in the	Derry	air

	D	A	E
Like a	language that	we all could under	stand

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
I re	member the	day when I	earned my first	pay

	D	A	E	A
And I	played in a	small	pickup	band

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

	D	D/C#	Bm7	E
I was	sad	to	leave it all be	hind me

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

	D	A	E	A
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
But when	I re	turned how my	eyes have	burned

	D	A	E
To	see how a	town could be brought to its	knees

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
By the	armoured	cars and the	bombed out	bars

	D	A	E	A
And the	gas that hangs	on to	every	tree

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

	D	D/C#	Bm7	E
And the	damned	barbed	wire gets higher and	higher

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

	D	A	E	A
To the	town I	loved	so	well

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
Now the	music's	gone but they	carry	on

	D	A	E
For their	spirit's been	bruised, never	broken

	A	E/Ab	D/F#	A
They will	not for	get but their	hearts are	set

	D	A	E	A
On to	morrow and	peace	once a	gain

	D	E	A	A/Ab	A/F#	A/E
For what's	done is	done and what's	won	is	won

	D	D/C#	Bm7	E
And what's	lost	is	lost and gone for	ever

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

	D	A	E	A
In the	town I	loved	so	well

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