The Town I Loved So Well - Phil Coulter [G] In my memo-[D]-ry 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 the [G] smell. Going [Em] home in the [D] rain running [G] up the dark [C]lane, Past the jail and [A7] down beside 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. In the [G] 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] mother’s [G] role Fed the [C] children and [G] then [D] walked the [G] dog And when [Em] times got [D] rough, there was [G] just about e-[C]-nough But they saw it through [A7] without com-[D]-plaining For [G] deep in[D]side was a [C]burning [G] pride, In the [C] town I [G] loved [D]so [G] well. There was [G] music [D] there in the [C] Derry [G] air, Like a [C]language that [G] we could all under-[D]-stand I [G] remember the [D] day when I [C] earned my first [G] pay, as I [C] played in a [G] small [D] pickup [G] band There I [Em] spent my [D] youth and to [G] tell you the [C] truth, I was sad to leave it [A7] all be [D]-hind 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. But when [G] I re-[D]-turned how my [C] eyes were [G] burned 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 ev-[D]-ery [G] breeze Now the [Em] army's in-[D]-stalled by that [G] old gas-yard [C]wall And the damned barbed wire gets [A7] higher [D] and 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. Now the [G] music's [D] gone but they [C]carry [G] on For their [C] spirit's been [G] bruised, never bro-[D]-ken Oh, they'll [G] not for-[D]-get still their [C]hearts are [G] set On to-[C]-morrow and [G] peace [D] once [G] again Now what's [Em] done is [D] done and what's [G] won is [C]won And what's lost is lost and [A7] gone for-[D]-ever 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. (Slowly) In the [C] town I [G] loved [D] so [G] well.