Laughing Boy chords by Paul Kelly
Verse 1
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A Laughing Boy is Drowned Dead dead
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He danced on nimble toes
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Angels wept for Caesar's head
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D
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He sang the old dark rose for free
And you should have seen him
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dancing on the table
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It was just like a play
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Laughin' boy, laughin' boy,
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it's over
Laughin' boy, he's drowned dead
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He's sailed across the sea
Whiskey, his daily bread
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D
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His life, we'll never see again
Stay a while, hold your hour,
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and have a huddle
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Yes, just like a play
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Laugh it, boy
Laugh it, boy
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It's over
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C
Dublin streets are quiet tonight
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There's a shadow on the water
Dublin streets are quiet tonight
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There's a shadow on the
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C
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water
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Well, he can't stand up,
he can't stay down
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But he wants to stay up,
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Em
oh, he wants to stay down
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And he hates himself, he hates the crowd
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He wants to be alone,
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he wants to be surrounded
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Oh, you can't stand up,
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you can't stand down
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Don't stand up,
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don't stay down
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Don't stand up, don't stay down
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Don't stand up,
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don't stay down
Laughing boy is drownded
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He danced on nimble feet
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Whiskey, his daily bread,
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D
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his light we'll never see again
Stay a while, hold your arrow
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and have an other, yeah,
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it's just like a plan
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Laughin' boy, laughin' boy,
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it's over
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Laughin' boy, laughin' boy, it's over
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Dublin streets are quiet tonight
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G
There's a shadow on the water
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The burning streets are quiet tonight
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And a shadow on the water
The burning streets are quiet tonight
And a shadow on the water
the walking on the water,
walking on the water,
walking on the water,
walking on the water,
walking on the water,
walking on the water,
walking on the water,
walking on on water, water,
I'm walking on the water,
walking on
Laughing Boy
Paul Kelly
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