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The Town I Loved So Well

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	E	B/Eb	A/C#	E
In my	memor	y I will	always	see

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The	town that	I have loved so	well

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Where our	school played	ball by the	gasyard	wall

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And we	laughed through the	smoke	and the	smell

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Going	home in the	rain, running	up the	dark	lane

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Past the	jail	and	down behind the	fountain

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Those were	happy	days in so	many, many	ways

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In the	town I	loved	so	well

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In the	early	morning the	shirt factory	horn

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Called the	women from	Creggan, the Moor and the	Bog

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While the	men on the	dole played a	mothers	role

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Fed the	children and	then	trained the	dog

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And when	times got	tough there was	just a	bout e	nough

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But they	saw	it	through without com	plaining

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For	deep in	side was a	burning	pride

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In the	town I	loved	so	well

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There was	music	there in the	Derry	air

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Like a	language that	we all could under	stand

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I re	member the	day when I	earned my first	pay

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And I	played in a	small	pickup	band

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There I	spent my	youth and to	tell you	the	truth

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I was	sad	to	leave it all be	hind me

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For I	learned about	life and I'd	found a	wife

	A	E	B	E
In the	town I	loved	so	well

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But when	I re	turned how my	eyes have	burned

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To	see how a	town could be brought to its	knees

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By the	armoured	cars and the	bombed out	bars

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And the	gas that hangs	on to	every	tree

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Now the	army's in	stalled by that	old gas	yard	wall

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And the	damned	barbed	wire gets higher and	higher

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With their	tanks and their	guns, oh my	God, what have they	done

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To the	town I	loved	so	well

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Now the	music's	gone but they	carry	on

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For their	spirit's been	bruised, never	broken

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They will	not for	get but their	hearts are	set

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On to	morrow and	peace	once a	gain

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For what's	done is	done and what's	won	is	won

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And what's	lost	is	lost and gone for	ever

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I can	only	pray for a	bright, brand new	day

	A	E	B	E
In the	town I	loved	so	well

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