The Town I Loved So Well
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Déchiffrage d'après un concert ancien, contemporain de la version originale
Intro
G D C G C | Em/B
Am G D(sus4) | D
Couplet
In my GmemoDry, I will Calways Gsee
The Ctown that I Ghave Gloved so D/G|Dwell
Where our Gschool played Dball by the Cgasyard Gwall
And we Claughed through the Gsmoke Dand the Gsmell. | G / C G
Going Chome in the Drain, running Gup the Bm/F#dark Em|G/Dlane
Past the Cjail Em/Band Amdown behind the Dfoun|D/Gtain D
Those were Ghappy Ddays in so Cmany, many Gways
In the Ctown I Gloved D so G|G/Cwell. G
Couplet
In the early morning the shirt-factory horn
Called women from Creggan, the Moor, and the Bog
While the man on the dole played the mother's role
Fed the children and then trained the dogs.
And when times got tough there was just about enough
But they saw it through without complaining
For deep inside was a burning pride
In the town I loved so well.
Couplet
There was music there in the Derry air
Like a language that we all could understand
I remember the day that I earned my first pay
When I played in the small pick-up band.
There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth
I was sad to leave it all behind me
For I'd learned about life and I found a wife
In the town I loved so well.
Instrumental
C Am G D
Couplet
But when I returned how my eyes have burned
To see how a town could be brought to its knees
By the armored cars and the bombed-out bars
And the gas that hangs on to every breeze.
Now the army's installed by that old gasyard wall
And the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher
With their tanks and their guns, oh my god, what have they done
In the Ctown I Gloved D so Gwell? D#
Modulation en Ab
Refrain
Now the G#music's D#gone, C# but they carry G#on
For their C#spirit's been G#bruised never G#bro-o-D#ken
They will G#not forD#get, but their C#hearts are G#set
On toC#morrow and G#peace D# once aG#gain. G#
Retour en G
Couplet
For what's Cdone is Ddone and what's Gwon Bm/F#is Em|G/Dwon
And what's Clost Em/Bis Amlost and gone Dfor|D/Gever D
I can Gonly Dpray for a Cbright brand-new Gday
In the Ctown I Gloved D so Cwell. C G