The Town I Loved So Well chords

Capo 2

I[G]n my[D] memory I [C]will al[G]ways see
the [C]town that [G]I have loved so [D]well
Where our [G]school played [D]ball by the [C]gas yard [G]wall
and we [C]laughed through the [G]smoke [D]and the [G]smell
Going [Em]home in the [D]rain, running [G]up the [Em]dark [C]lane
past the jail and [G]down be[C]hind the [D]fountain
Those were [G]happy [D]days in so [C]many, many [G]ways
in the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well

In the [G]early [D]morning the [C]shirt factory [G]horn
c[C]alled women[G] from Creggan, the Moor an[D]d the Bog
While the [G]men on the [D]dole played a [C]mother's [G]role,
fed the [C]children and [G]then [D]walked the [G]dogs
And when [Em]times got [D]rough there was [G]just a[Em]bout e[C]nough
But they saw it [G]through with[C]out com[D]plaining
For [G]deep in[D]side was a [C]burning [G]pride
in the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well

There was [G]music [D]there in the [C]Derry [G]air
like a [C]language that [G]we could all could under[D]stand
I re[G]member the [D]day when I [C]earned my first [G]pay
As I [C]played in a [G]small [D]pick-up [G]band
There I [Em]spent my [D]youth and to [G]tell [Em]you the [C]truth
I was s[C]ad to lea[G]ve it all behind [D]me
For I [G]learned about [D]life and I'd [C]found a [G]wife
in the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well

But when [G]I re[D]turned how my [C]eyes have [G]burned
to [C]see how a [G]town could be brought to its [D]knees
By the [G]armored [D]cars and the [C]bombed out [G]bars
and the [C]gas that hangs [G]on to ev[D]ery [G]tree
Now the [Em]army's in[D]stalled by that [G]old [Em]gas yard [C]wall
and the damned ba[C]rbed wire [G]gets higher and[D] higher
With their [G]tanks and their [D]guns, oh my [C]God, what have they [G]done?
to the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well

Now the [G]music's [D]gone but they [C]carry [G]on
For their [C]spirit's been [G]bruised, never bro[D]ken
They will [G]not for[D]get but their [C]hearts are [G]set
on to[C]morrow and [G]peace [D]once a[G]gain
For what's [Em]done is [D]done and what's [G]won [Em]is [C]won
and what's lost is [C]lost and [G]gone for[D]ever
I can [G]only [D]pray for a [C]bright, brand new [G]day
in the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well