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Em7

The Town I Loved So Well

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	D	A/C#	G/B	D
In my	memor	y I will	always	see

	G	D	A
The	town that	I have loved so	well

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
Where our	school played	ball by the	gasyard	wall

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

	G	A	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
Going	home in the	rain, running	up the	dark	lane

	G	G/F#	Em7	A
Past the	jail	and	down behind the	fountain

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
Those were	happy	days in so	many, many	ways

	G	D	A	D
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
In the	early	morning the	shirt factory	horn

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

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
While the	men on the	dole played a	mothers	role

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

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

	G	G/F#	Em7	A
But they	saw	it	through without com	plaining

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
For	deep in	side was a	burning	pride

	G	D	A	D
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
There was	music	there in the	Derry	air

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

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
I re	member the	day when I	earned my first	pay

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

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

	G	G/F#	Em7	A
I was	sad	to	leave it all be	hind me

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

	G	D	A	D
In the	town I	loved	so	well

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
But when	I re	turned how my	eyes have	burned

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

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
By the	armoured	cars and the	bombed out	bars

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

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

	G	G/F#	Em7	A
And the	damned	barbed	wire gets higher and	higher

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

	G	D	A	D
To the	town I	loved	so	well

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
Now the	music's	gone but they	carry	on

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

	D	A/C#	G/B	D
They will	not for	get but their	hearts are	set

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

	G	A	D	D/C#	D/B	D/A
For what's	done is	done and what's	won	is	won

	G	G/F#	Em7	A
And what's	lost	is	lost and gone for	ever

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

	G	D	A	D
In the	town I	loved	so	well

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