James Joyce's Grave
James Joyce's Grave

James Joyce's Grave easy guitar chords by Andy White

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  • Verse 1

    La 
    da 
    da da, 

    da da 
    da da 
    da, 
    da 
    da 
    da 
    da 

    La 
    da 
    da da, 
    da 
    da 
    da 
    da 
    da, 

    da 
    da 
    da da 

    They 
    said it would be 
    hard to 
    find 
    it 

    They 
    said I might 
    not find 
    it at 
    all 

    started 
    off in 

    Dun 

    Laoghaire, 
    my 
    back 
    pressed 

    against an 
    old 
    stone 
    wall 

    At 

    Martell 
    -o -Taron 
    near 

    Sammymon 

    Strand, 
    he said 
    it was the 

    centre of the 
    world 

    That's 
    where 
    the great 
    adventure 
    star
    ted, 

    just him
    self 
    and 

    Galway 
    girl 

    Look
    ing 
    for 

    James, 
    looking 
    for 

    James 

    Joyce's 
    grave 

    Looking 
    for 
    change, 

    looking 
    for 
    change, 

    Joyce is 
    grey 

    La 
    la la 
    la, 
    la 
    la la 
    la, 
    la 
    la la 
    la 

    La 
    la la 
    la, 
    la 
    la la 
    la, 
    la 
    la la 
    la 

    People 
    say 
    he re -wrote 
    the 

    Eng
    lish language, 

    though 
    it's not 
    strictly 
    his native 
    tongue. 

    And 
    many have 
    tried since 
    this 
    tall, 

    skinny man 
    had penned 
    a paper, 
    and confused 
    and 
    de
    lighted 

    and 
    disturbed 
    and excited 
    everyone. 

    The 
    enormous 
    country 

    just couldn't 
    hold 
    him, 

    Oscar 

    Wilde, 

    Samuel 

    Beckett, 

    Yeats, 

    Swift, 

    Edna 

    O 'Brien 
    too. 

    Now it's 
    up to us 
    in all 
    these 
    enlightened 
    days, 

    that's 
    up to all 
    of us, 
    me and you, 

    To 
    go 
    looking 
    for 

    James, 
    look
    ing 
    for 

    James 

    Joyce's 
    grave 



    He 
    trav
    elled 
    all 
    round 

    Europe, 
    pur
    sued by 
    death 

    Found 
    his 
    grave out 
    in 

    Switzerland 

    In 
    land fit 
    for ex
    iles, 

    where in 
    1941 
    the 
    light was 
    at last 
    shut 
    out 
    from his 
    eyes. 

    asked 
    at the hotel, 

    they told 
    me to go 
    to the train 
    station. 

    At the 
    train station 
    they 

    told me to 
    go to information. 

    And information 
    told 
    me all 
    about a 
    zoo 

    and 
    a beautiful 
    view 
    of 
    the city. 

    On 
    the way I 
    saw a dog 

    as 
    small as 
    a mouse. 

    I saw 
    a dog 
    as big 
    as a house

    saw a puppet 
    playing 

    Lu
    cille 
    by 

    Little 

    Richard 
    in a 
    market square 

    And 
    hundreds 
    of 
    black and 

    white ballroom 
    dan
    cers 

    Whirling 
    sporadically 
    and magnetically 

    in a shop 
    window 

    On 
    the 
    way 
    I stopped 
    off in 
    a bar 
    or cafe 

    Full 
    of all these 
    beautiful 
    black 
    clothes, 

    strange 
    stone 
    people 

    Playing 
    dice 
    and backgam

    mon round 
    splintered 
    tables 

    An
    archist 
    literature 
    on 
    the floor, 

    expressionist 
    arts 
    on the wall

    Death 
    metal 
    music 
    raging 
    from 

    a cracked 
    speaker 
    in 
    the corner 

    Told 
    them 
    I was look
    ing for 

    James, 
    looking 
    for 

    James 

    Joyce's 
    grave 



    finally 
    found 
    his grave 
    high 
    on a hill 
    just beside 

    the 
    zoo with 
    beautiful 
    view of 
    the 

    city. 

    First 
    I saw 
    the statue, 
    the spectacle, 

    the slicked 
    back 
    hair, 
    the 
    fiery, 
    wiry, 
    keeper 

    and crucifier 
    of this 
    country's 
    conscience 

    an
    d all 
    of 
    our unconscious. 

    In 
    an 
    autumn crescent 
    of gold, 
    green 
    and 
    brown, 

    I brushed the 
    fallen leaves 
    off the inscription 

    plaque, 
    which 
    was just 
    be
    side 
    the zoo 
    and 

    it had such 
    beautiful 
    view 
    of 
    the city. 

    Look
    ing 
    for 

    James, 
    looking 
    for 

    James 

    Joyce's 
    grave. 



    re
    member 
    writing 
    this 
    song on 

    the back 
    page 
    of 
    the evening 
    paper 

    My 
    home city 
    in the rain, 

    University 

    Street 

    Ready 
    to 
    go, 
    looking again 

    Looking 
    for change, 

    looking 
    for 
    change, 
    is grey 

    Look
    ing for 
    change, 

    looking 
    for 
    change, 
    choice is 
    grey 

    We 
    were singing 





    He 
    wrote 
    in 1904, 

    Chamber 

    Music, 
    he said the 

    soul of a 
    coun
    try is 

    Lies in 
    the heart 
    of the river, 

    where 
    love wanders 
    there 

    Pale 
    flowers 
    on his 
    mantle, 

    dead 
    leaves 
    on his hair 

    Oh, 
    the dead 
    leaves on 
    his hair, 

    hope one 
    day you'll 
    make it there 



    Looking 
    for change, 

    look
    ing 
    for change, 

    Outro 1
    Joyce 
    is 
    great. 



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