{t:The Town I Loved So Well}
{st:Phil Coulter}


In my [G]memor[D]y I will [C]always [G]see
The [C]town that [G]I have loved so [D]well
Where our [G]school played [D]ball by the [C]gas yard [G]wall
And we [C]laughed through the [G]smoke [D]and [G]smell
Going [Em]home in the [D]rain running [C]up the dark [G]lane
Past the [C]jail and [Am]down behind the [D]fountain
Those were [G]happy [D]days in so [C]many many [G]ways
In the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well


[G]In the early [D]morning the [C]shirt factory [G]horn
Called [C]women from [G]Creggan, the Moor and the [D]Bog
While the [G]men on the [D]dole played a [C]mothers [G]role
Fed the [C]children and [G]then [D]walked the [G]dog
And when [Em]times got [D]rough, there was [C]just about [G]enough
But they [C]saw it [Am]through without [D]complaining
For [G]deep in[D]side was a [C]burning [G]pride
In the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well


[G]There was music [D]there in the [C]Derry [G]air
Like a [C]language that [G]we all could understan[D]d
I rem[G]ember the [D]day when I [C]earned my first [G]pay
When I [C]played in a [G]small [D]pickup [G]band
There I [Em]spent my [D]youth and to [C]tell you the [G]truth
I was [C]sad to [Am]leave it all [D]behind me
For I'd [G]learned about [D]life and I'd [C]found a [G]wife
In the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well


[G]But when I ret[D]urned, oh my [C]eyes, how they had b[G]urned
To [C]see how a [G]town could be brought to it's [D]knees
By the [G]armoured [D]cars and the [C]bombed out [G]bars
And the [C]gas that hangs [G]on to [D]every [G]breeze
Now the [Em]army's in[D]stalled by that [C]old gasyard [G]wall
And the [C]damned barbed [Am]wire gets higher and [D]higher
With their [G]tanks and [D]guns, oh my [C]God, what have they [G]done
To the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well


[G]Now the music's [D]gone but they [C]carry [G]on
For their s[C]pirit's been [G]bruised, never broke[D]n
Oh, they'll [G]not forg[D]et still their [C]hearts are [G]set
On [C]tomorrow and [G]peace [D]once [G]again
Now what's [Em]done is [D]done and what's [C]won is [G]won
And what's [C]lost is [Am]lost and gone fo[D]rever
I can [G]only [D]pray for a [C]bright brand new [G]day
In the [C]town I [G]loved [D]so [G]well