The Boston Rose[C] - Whistling Donkeys G D G C D G Now the Autumn leaves are falling and the tourists have all gone C G D And the children they have all gone back to school G D G And my life is as it was before C D G C G D I work eight hours a day but the company's still making all the rules C D G C D G There's a girl in Massachusetts south of Boston town she said C G D And her lovely face is with me all the day G D G C D G Sure I met her down in old Tralee , golden hair up--on her head D G And I took her heart and she stole mine a--way (Chorus) G D G C D G Goodbye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose C G C D I'll wait for you I'll think of you no threat to you I'll pose G D G C D G Good--bye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose C G D G G C G I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes G D G C D G There's a song we sang all summer in the bars of Dublin town C G D I can hear it on the factory rad--io G D G C D G And the feelings I remem--ber when I hear that simple tune C G D Make me wonder if it really happened so C D G C D G For we laughed and loved to--gether 'till the summer days were gone C G D And she had to fly across the ocean wide G D G Well, goodbye my Boston beauty C D G Un--til we meet a--gain D G G C G And I'll keep the fire burning deep in--side (Chorus) G D G C D G Goodbye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose C G C D I'll wait for you I'll think of you no threat to you I'll pose G D G C D G Good--bye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose C G D G G C G I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes Sad Verse G D G C D G And some nights when im drinking and my friends have gathered 'round C G D And just for fun some--one brings up your name G D G C D G Well I smile there with the rest of them but I cant hear a sound C G D I love you but to them it's all the same C G C D G At nights when im a--lone my love you come in--to my mind C G D And visions flash up--on the Emerald Isle G D G C D G Well I watch the moon there up above and I'll leave this earth be--hind D G G C G And I'll call to you as I go sailing by (Chorus) G D G C D G Goodbye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose C G C D I'll wait for you I'll think of you no threat to you I'll pose G D G C D G Good--bye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose C G D G G C G I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes C G I wish that you were here D G G C G So farewell my Boston Rose