From Clare To Here
Ralph McTell


[capo on 3]


[intro]
C . . . D . . . G . G/F# . Em . . .
C . . . D . . . G . C G


        C
There's four who share this room
       D
And we work hard for the crack
C
Sleeping late on Sundays
  D
I never get to Mass


[chorus]
       Am        D                 G     G/F#  Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
       Am        D                 Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
   C                               Bm             Em
Oh it's a long, long way, it grows further by the day
       Am       D               Em
It's a long way   from Clare to here
[]


     C
When Friday comes around
        D
Terry's only into fighting
   C
Me ma would like a letter home
    D
But I'm too tired for writing


[chorus]
       Am        D                 G     G/F#  Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
       Am        D                 Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
   C                               Bm             Em
Oh it's a long, long way, it grows further by the day
       Am       D               Em
It's a long way   from Clare to here
[]


   C
It almost breaks my heart
       D
When I think of Josephine
  C
I told her I'C be coming home
        D
With my pockets full of green


[chorus]
       Am        D                 G     G/F#  Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
       Am        D                 Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
   C                               Bm             Em
Oh it's a long, long way, it grows further by the day
       Am       D               Em
It's a long way   from Clare to here
[]

    C
The only time I feel alright
   D
Is when I'm into drinking
   C
It sort of eased the pain of it
       D
And it levels out my thinking


[chorus]
       Am        D                 G     G/F#  Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
       Am        D                 Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
   C                               Bm             Em
Oh it's a long, long way, it grows further by the day
       Am       D               Em
It's a long way   from Clare to here
[]

  C
I sometimes hear a fiddle play
   D
Or maybe it's a notion
  C
I dream I see white horses dance
 D
Upon that other ocean


[chorus]
       Am        D                 G     G/F#  Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
       Am        D                 Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
   C                               Bm             Em
Oh it's a long, long way, it grows further by the day
       Am       D               Em
It's a long way   from Clare to here

       Am        D                 G     G/F#  Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
       Am        D                 Em
It's a long long way from Clare to here
   C                               Bm             Em
Oh it's a long, long way, it grows further by the day
       Am       D               Em
It's a long way   from Clare to here
[]