;The Town I Loved So Well ;Phil Coulter . G D C G In my memory I will always see . C G D The town that I have loved so well . G D C G Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall . C G D G And we laughed through the smoke and smell . Em D C G Going home in the rain running up the dark lane . C Am D Past the jail and down behind the fountain . G D C G Those were happy days in so many many ways . C G D G In the town I loved so well .G D C G In the early morning the shirt factory horn . C G D Called women from Creggan, the Moor and the Bog . G D C G While the men on the dole played a mothers role . C G D G Fed the children and then walked the dog . Em D C G And when times got rough, there was just about enough . C Am D But they saw it through without complaining . G D C G For deep inside was a burning pride . C G D G In the town I loved so well .G D C G There was music there in the Derry air . C G D Like a language that we all could understand . G D C G I remember the day when I earned my first pay . C G D G When I played in a small pickup band . Em D C G There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth . C Am D I was sad to leave it all behind me . G D C G For I'd learned about life and I'd found a wife . C G D G In the town I loved so well .G D C G But when I returned, oh my eyes, how they had burned . C G D To see how a town could be brought to it's knees . G D C G By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars . C G D G And the gas that hangs on to every breeze . Em D C G Now the army's installed by that old gasyard wall . C Am D And the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher . G D C G With their tanks and guns, oh my God, what have they done . C G D G To the town I loved so well .G D C G Now the music's gone but they carry on . C G D For their spirit's been bruised, never broken . G D C G Oh, they'll not forget still their hearts are set . C G D G On tomorrow and peace once again . Em D C G Now what's done is done and what's won is won . C Am D And what's lost is lost and gone forever . G D C G I can only pray for a bright brand new day . C G D G In the town I loved so well