The Town I Loved So Well chords by
The Dubliners
Luke Kelly

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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In my memory I will always see

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The town that I have loved so well

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Where our school played ball

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by the gas yard wall

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And we laughed through the smoke

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and the smell

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Going home in the rain,

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running up the dark lane

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Past the jail

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and down behind the fountain

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Those were happy days

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C

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in so many, many ways

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In the town I loved so well

Verse 2

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In the early morning, the shirt factory horn

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Called women from Creggan,

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the moor and the bog

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While their men on the dole played

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a mother's role

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Fed the children and then trained the dogs

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And when times got tough,

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there was just about enough

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But they saw it

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through without complaining

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For deep inside was a burning pride

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In the town I loved so well

Verse 3

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There was music there in the Derry air

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Like a language that we all could understand

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I remember the day

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that I earned my first pay

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When I played in a small pick-up band

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There I spent my youth

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and to tell you the truth

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I was sad

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to leave it all behind me

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For I learned about life and I found a wife

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In the town I loved so well

Interlude 1

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Verse 4

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♪ But when I returned

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how my eyes have burned

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To see how a town could be

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brought to its knees

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By the armoured cars

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and the bombed out bars

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And the gas that hangs on to every breeze

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Now the army's installed

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by that old gasyard wall

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And the damded barbed wire

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gets higher and higher

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With their tanks and their guns

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oh my God what have they done

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To the town I loved so well

Verse 5

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Now the music's gone

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but they carry on

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For their spirit's been bruised, never broken

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They will not forget but their hearts are set

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On tomorrow and peace once again

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For what's done is done

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and what's won is won

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And what's lost is lost

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and gone forever

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I can only pray for a bright, brand new day

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In the town I loved so well

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Chords

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The original key of The Town I Loved So Well by The Dubliners, Luke Kelly is Bb major.

The primary chords used in The Town I Loved So Well are Bb, F, Eb, Cm, Gm, Gm/F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bb, F, Eb, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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