the town i loved so well Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G]
[Em][G]

[Verse 1]
In my [G]memory
[D]I will alw[C]ays see[G]
[C]The town that [G]I have loved so w[D]ell
Where [G]our schools played [D]ball by
The [C]gas yard [G]wall and
[C]we laughed through the
[G]Smoke [D]and [G]the smell going
[Em]home in the [D]rain
Running [G]up the dark [Em]lane
Past the [C]jail and [Am]down
behind [D]the fountain
Those were [G]happy [D]days in so [C]many,
many [G]ways
In [C]the town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well

[Verse 2]
In [G]the early [D]morning [C]the shirt-
factory [G]horn
Called [C]women [G]from Craigeen
The Moor and [D]the Bog
While [G]the men on [D]the dole
Played the [C]mother's [G]role
Fed [C]the children and [G]then
[D]watched the [G]dogs
And when [Em]times got [D]rough there
Was [G]just about [Em]enough
But they [C]saw it [Am]through
without com[D]plaining
For [G]deep in[D]side was a [C]burning [G]pride
For [C]the town [G]I loved [D]so wel[G]l[C][G]
There was music [D]there in [C]the Derry [G]air
Like [C]a language that [G]we
could all un[C]der[D]stand
I re[G]member [D]the day that I
[C]earned my first [G]pay
When I [C]played in [G]the small [D]pick- up [G]band
There I [Em]spent my [D]youth and
[G]To tell [D]you [Em]the truth
I [C]was sad to [Am]leave it all be[D]hind me
For I'd [G]learned 'bout [D]life and
I've [C]found a [G]wife
In [C]the town [G]I loved [D]so [G]well

[Verse 3]
But [G]when I returned,
[D]how my eye[C]s have bur[G]ned
[C]To see how [G]a town could
Be brought to it's [D]knees
By the [G]armoured [D]cars and
[C]the bombed- out [G]bars
And [C]the gas that hangs
[G]on to [D]every [G]breeze
Now the [Em]army's in[D]stalled by
That [G]old [D]gas[Em]yard wall
And [C]the damned barbed [Am]wire
Gets higher and [D]higher
With their [G]tanks and their [D]guns,
oh, my [C]god
What have [G]they done
To [C]the town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well

[Verse 4]
Now [G]the music's [D]gone but I still [C]carry [G]on
For [C]their spirit's been [G]bruised
Never [D]broken they will [G]not for[D]get for
Their [C]hearts [G]are aset
On to[C]morrow and [G]peace [D]once aga[G]in
For what's [Em]done is [D]done and
What's [G]won [D]is [Em]won
And what's [C]lost is [Am]lost
and gone [D]forever
I [G]can only [D]pray for [C]a bright brand new [G]day
In [C]the town [G]I[D][G]
loved so well