5000 Miles Away From Sligo Johnny McCauley An old [C]map I have found So in [F]thoughts I am bound For old [C]Ireland's green mountains and [G]streams To the [C]land of my heart Through the [F]heart of my land I am [C]wandering [G]tonight in my [C]dreams As I [C]view Sligo bay And [F]not so far away There's [C]Clooney and the girl I once [G]knew And my [C]eyes start to fill As I [F]think of Lough Gill In this [C]map they have [G]coloured in [C]blue. [chorus] Oh I'm [C]5000 miles away from [F]Sligo [C]Wondering why I ever had to [G]go Oh I'm [C]5000 miles away from [F]Sligo Pre[C]tending I'm [G]on my way back [C]home. [] [key change] Tubber[D]curry is there And there's [G]Ballysadare Bally[D]mote holds old memories for [A]me From the [D]Ox Mountain range To the [G]coastline of Grange There's [D]Roscommon to [A]Leitrim you'll [D]see So from [D]Sligo and home Once a[G]gain I must roam Back a[D]long the along highway eighty-[A]three And my [D]memorys of gold, in this [G]atlas I fold And [D]return here to [A]realit[D]y. [chorus] Oh I'm [D]5000 miles away from [G]Sligo [D]Wondering why I ever had to [A]go Oh I'm [D]5000 miles away from [G]Sligo Pre[D]tending I'm [A]on my way back [D]home. Pre[D]tending I'm [A]on my way back [G]home [D] []