The Town I Loved So Well was written by Phil Coulter, Irish musician, songwriter and record producer.
This version of the song by The Dubliners is featured on their self-titled album.
Music: Key of G Major in 4/4 time at ~ 118 bpm (♩)
Chords: G, D, C, Am, Em
Capo: 3rd fret if playing with the video (Bb Major)
The Town I Loved So Well
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G D C G
1. In my mem-o-ry I will al-ways see
C G D
The town that I have loved so well
G D C G
Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall
C G D G
And we laughed through the smoke and the smell
C D G Em
** Go-ing home in the rain, run-ning up the dark lane
C Am D
Passed the jail and down be-hind the foun-tain
G D C G
Those were hap-py days in so ma-ny, ma-ny ways
C G D G
In the town I loved so well
G D C G
2. In the ear-ly morn-ing the shirt fac-to-ry horn
C G D
Called wo-men from Creg-gan, the Moor and the Bog
G D C G
While the men on the dole played a moth-er's role,
C G D G
Fed the child-ren and then trained the dogs
C D G Em
** And when times got tough there was just about e-nough
C Am D
But they saw it through without com-plain-ing
G D C G
For deep in-side was a burn-ing pride
C G D G
In the town I loved so well
G D C G
3. There was mu-sic there in the Der-ry air
C G D
Like a lan-guage that we all could un-der-stand
G D C G
I re-mem-ber the day that I earned my first pay
C G D G
When I played in a small pick-up band
C D G Em
** There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth
C Am D
I was sad to leave it all be-hind me
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For I learned a-bout life and I'd found a wife
C G D G
In the town I loved so well
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4. But when I re-turned how my eyes have burned
C G D
To see how a town could be brought to its knees
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By the ar-moured cars and the bombed out bars
C G D G
And the gas that hangs on to ev'-ry tree
C D G Em
** Now the ar-my's in-stalled by that old gas yard wall
C Am D
And the damned barbed wire gets high-er and high-er
G D C 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 C G
5. Now the mu-sic's gone but they car-ry on
C G D
For their spi-rit's been bruised, ne-ver bro-ken
G D C G
They will not for-get but their hearts are set
C G D G
On to-mor-row and peace once a-gain
C D G Em
** For what's done is done and what's won is won
C Am D
And what's lost is lost and gone for-e-ver
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I can on-ly pray for a bright, brand new day
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