Tonalité : Bb major•
Intro 1
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Cm7
Bb/D
Eb
Bb
F
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Bb
Verse 1
Bb
Cm7
I was eighteen years old
Bb/D
Eb
When I went down to Dublin
Bb
Gm
With a fistfull of money
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Fsus4
F
And a cartload of dreams
Bb
Take your time
Cm7
Said me father
Bb/D
Eb
Stop rushing like hell
Bb
Gm
And remember all is not
Fsus4
Bb
What it seems to be
F
Gm
For there's fellas would cut ye
Eb
Bb
For the coat on yer back
Eb
Gm
Or the watch that ye got
F
From yer mother
Bb
Cm7
So take care me young buck-o
Bb/D
Eb
And mind yourself well
Bb
F
And will ye give this wee note
Bb
To me brother
Verse 2
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At the time Uncle Benjy
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Bb
Was a policeman in Brooklyn
F
And me father the youngest
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Fsus4
F
Looked after the farm
Bb
Cm7
When a phonecall from America
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Eb
Said 'Send the lad over'
Bb
Gm
And the old fella said
Fsus4
Bb
'Sure it wouldn't do any harm'
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F
For I spent me life working
Bb
This dirty old ground
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F
For a few pints of porter
Bb
And the the smell of a pound
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Cm7
And sure maybe there's something
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Eb
You learn loyalty
Bb
Gm
And you can bring it back home
Fsus4
Bb
Eb
Bb
F
Make it easy on me
Verse 3
Bb
Cm7
So I landed at Kennedy
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Eb
And a big yellow taxi
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Gm
Carried me and me bags
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Fsus4
F
Through the streets and the rain
Bb
Cm7
Well me poor heart was thumpin'
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Eb
Around with excitement
Bb
Gm
And I hardly even heard
Fsus4
Bb
What the driver was saying
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Gm
We came in the Shore Parkway
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Bb
To the Flatlands in Brooklyn
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Gm
To my Uncles apartment
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F
On East 53rd
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Cm7
I was fellin' so happy
Bb/D
Eb
I was hummin' a song
Bb
F
Bb
And I sang you're as free as a bird'
Verse 4
F
Well to shorten the story
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Bb
What I found out that day
F
Was that Benjy got shot down
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Bb
In an uptown foray
Cm7
And while I was flyin'
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Eb
My way to New York
Bb
Gm
Poor Benjy was lying
Fsus4
Bb
In a cold city morgue
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F
Well I phoned up the old fella
Bb
Told him the news
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F
I could tell he could hardly
Bb
Stand up in his shoes
Bb
Cm7
And he wept as he told me
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Eb
'Go ahead with the plan'
Bb
Gm
And not to forget
Fsus4
Bb
Eb
Bb
G7
Be a proud Irirshman
Verse 5
C
Dm7
So I went up to Nellies
C/E
F
Beside Fordham Road
C
Am
And I started to learn
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Gsus4
G
About lifting the load
C
Dm7
But the heaviest thing
C/E
F
That I carried that year
C
Am
Was the bittersweet thoughts
Gsus4
C
Of my hometown so dear
G
Am
I went home that Decem ber
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C
'Cause the old fella died
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Am
Had to borrow the money
G
From a fellow on the side
C
Dm7
And all the bright flowers
C/E
F
And brass couldn't hide
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G
C
The poor wasted face of me father
Verse 6
G
I sold up the old farmyard
F
C
For what it was worth
G
And into me bag
F
Gsus4
G
Stuck a handful of earth
C
Dm7
Then I boarded a train
C/E
F
And I caught me a plane
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Am
Gsus4
C
And I found myself back In the US again
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G
Its been twenty two years
C
Since I set foot in Dublin
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G
Me kids know to use
C
The correct knife and fork
C
Dm7
But I'll never forget
C/E
F
The green grass and the rivers
C
Am
As I keep law and order
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C
F
C
G
On the streets of New York
Outro 1
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Na na na,
Dm7
na na na,
C/E
Na na na na na,
F
na na na
C
Na na-na,
Am
na na na,
F
Gsus4
G
na na-na na
C
Na na na,
Dm7
na na na,
C/E
na na na na na,
F
na na na
C
Na na-na,
Am
na na na,
G7
C
na na-na na
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