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Verse 1
I (C major) was (D minor) (C major) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (G major)
(C major) 18 years (D minor) old
when I (C major) went down to Dub (F major) lin
With a (C major) fistful of (A minor) money
and a (D minor) cartload of dream (G major) s
Take your (C major) time, said my (D minor) father,
stop (A minor) rushing like hell
(F major) And re (C major) member all is (A minor) not
what it seem (G major) s to (C major) be
Cause those (G major) fellas would cut (A minor) you
for the (F major) cord on your back (C major)
Or the (F major) watch that you got (A minor) from your mother
(G major) So take (C major) care, my young (D minor) bucko,
and (C major) mind yourself well
(F major) And (C major) will you give this,
we know, (G major) to my brother (C major)
At the (G major) time
Uncle Benji was a (F major) policeman in Brook (C major) lyn
And my (G major) father, the youngest,
looked (F major) after the farm (G major)
And a (C major) phone call from (D minor) Amer ica said,
(C major) send the lad over
(F major) And the (C major) old fella said,
(A minor) sure it wouldn't (G major) do any harm (C major)
For I've (F major) spent my life
(G major) working this (C major) dirty old ground
For a (F major) few pints of (G major) porter
and the (C major) smell of a pound
So maybe there's (D minor) something
out (C major) there you'll see
(F major) And you can bring (C major) it back home,
(A minor) make (G major) it easy on me (C major) (A major)
So I (D major) landed at (E minor) Kennedy,
(D major) a big yellow tax (G major) i
Carried (D major) me and my bag (B minor) s
through the (E minor) streets and the rain (A major)
And my (D major) poor heart was (E minor) thumping
around (D major) with excitement
(G major) And I (D major) had even (B minor) heard
what the (A major) driver was saying
(D major) We came (A major) in the short path (B minor) way
to the (G major) flatlands in Brooklyn
(D major) To my (G major) uncle's apart (B minor) ment on (A major) East 53rd
I was (D major) feeling so happy, (E minor)
I was (D major) singing a song
(G major) And I sang (D major) you risky (A major) as a (D major) bird
Well, she (G major) shot in the (A major) story
when I (D major) found out that day
Then (G major) she got (A major) shot down
in (D major) an uptown foray
And when I was (E minor) flying away (D major) to New York
(G major) Poor (D major) Benji was ly (B minor) ing
in a (A major) cold city morgue (D major)
So I (G major) phoned up the old (A major) fella,
(D major) told him the news
I could (G major) tell he got (A major) hardly
tied (D major) up in his shoes
And he wept as he (E minor) told me
to go ahead (D major) with the plan
And (G major) (D major) not to forget (B minor) what
was (A major) a clicker plan (D major) (B major)
So I (E major) went up to (F sharp minor) Nellie
beside (E major) Fondham Road
(A major) And I star (E major) ted to (C sharp minor) learn
about (F sharp minor) lifting the (B major) load
But the (E major) heaviest (F sharp minor) thing that
I (E major) carried that year
(A major) Was the bitter (E major) sweet thought (C sharp minor) s
of my (B major) hometown so dear
(E major) I went (B major) home that Decem (C sharp minor) ber
cos the (A major) old fellow died
Had (E major) to (A major) borrow the money
(C sharp minor) from Phil (B major) on the side
And (E major) all the bright (F sharp minor) flowers
and brass (E major) couldn't hide
(A major) The (E major) poor wasted face (B major) of my father (E major)
So I (A major) sold the old (B major) farm yard
for (E major) what it was worth
And (A major) into my bag (B major) s took a
(E major) handful of herbs
And I got me a (F sharp minor) train
and I (E major) boarded a plane
(A major) And I found myself (E major) (C sharp minor) back
in the (B major) US again (E major)
It's been (A major) 22 years
(B major) since I (E major) set foot in Dublin
And my (A major) kids know to use (B major) the cor
rect (E major) knife and fork (Esus4)
(E major) But I'll never for (F sharp minor) get the
green (E major) grass and the (A major) rivers
As I (E major) keep law and or (C sharp minor) der
in the (B major) streets of New (E major) York (A major) (E major) (A major) (E major) (A major) (E major) (F sharp minor) (E major)
(A major) (E major) (C sharp minor) (F sharp minor) (B major) (E major) (F sharp minor) (E major) (A major)
(E major) (C sharp minor) (B major)
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Streets of New York
Liam Reilly
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