The Town I Loved So Well chords by Johnny Logan & Friends
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
(C major) In my memory,
(G major) I will (F major) always see
(C major) The (F major) town that I (C major) have (A minor) loved so well
(G major) Where our (C major) kids played (G major) ball
by the (F major) old gas yard wall
(C major) And we (F major) ran through the
smoke (C major) an (G major) d the smell (F major)
(C major) Go ing (G major) home (A minor) in the (G major) rain,
running (F major) up the dark lane, (C major)
past the (D minor) jail
and (F major) down behind the foun (G major) tain.
Those were (C major) happy days
(G major) in so (F major) very many ways.
(C major) In the (F major) town I had (C major) loved so (G major) well (C major) (F major) (C major)
In the early morn, (G major) the shirt (F major) factory horn (C major)
It called (F major) wo men from the (C major) craggin'
The (A minor) moor and the bog
(G major) While the (C major) men on the (G major) dole
played a (F major) mother's (C major) role
They fed the (F major) children and
(C major) then walked (G major) the dog (C major) (F major)
(C major) And when (A minor) times got rough
(G major) There was (F major) just about enough
(C major) But they (D minor) saw it through (F major) without
complain (G major) ing (Gsus4)
(G major) For deep (C major) inside (G major) was this (F major) burning pride
(C major) In the (F major) town I have (C major) loved so (G major) well (C major) (F major)
(C major) There was music there (G major) in the (F major) dairy air (C major)
Like a (F major) language that we, (C major)
(G major) we could (A minor) all understand
(G major) I remem (C major) ber the day (B minor)
when (G major) I (F major) earned my first (C major) pay,
I (F major) played with a small (C major) pick (G major) -up band. (C major) (F major)
(C major) There I'd (A minor) spent my (G major) youth,
and to (F major) tell (C major) you the truth,
I was (D minor) sad to leave (F major) it all behind (G major) me.
(Gsus4) For (G major) I'd (C major) learned about (G major) life,
Found (F major) myself a (C major) wife
in the (F major) town I have (C major) loved so (G major) well. (C major) (F major)
(C major) But when I return,
(B minor) (G major) how my (F major) eyes they burn
(C major) To (F major) see how a town
(C major) can be (A minor) brought to its knees
(G major) By the (C major) armored cars (B minor) an
(G major) d the (F major) burnt out (C major) bars
And (F major) the gas that hangs (C major) on to (G major) every breeze (C major)
(F major) Now (C major) (G major) the army's (A minor) in (G major) stalled
by that (F major) same gas -yard (C major) wall
And that (D minor) damned barbed (F major) wire
gets higher and (G major) higher
With their (C major) tanks and with their gun (B minor) s
Oh (G major) good (F major) God, look what they've (C major) done
To the (F major) town I have loved (C major) so (G major) well (C major)
Now (F major) the music's (G major) gone,
but they (F major) still carry on
(C major) For their (F major) spirit's been bruised,
(G major) never broken
They shall (C major) not for (G major) get,
though their (F major) hearts are set
(C major) On to (F major) morrow when
(C major) peace comes (G major) again (C major) (F major)
(C major) For what's (A minor) done is (G major) done
And what's (F major) won is won
(C major) And what's (D minor) lost is lost (F major) and gone forever (G major)
I can only (C major) pray (G major) for a (F major) bright,
bright brand -new day
(C major) In the (F major) town I have (C major) loved so (G major) well
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