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Intro
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Verse 1:
G G G G7
I have travelled many lands and I still don’t understand
C Am D D
how sad you have become on my return.
G G G G
Your old heart is filled with care, sad and old they left you there,
Am D G G
your once wiped eyes with sorrow, softly burn.
C Am G G
I can even sense the change in the sound of children’s games
Am D G G7
and the dreams of youths' ambitions have all turned to death and fear.
C Am G G
It’s an age of wealth I’m told, but I’ve never felt so old,
Am D G G
as I recall old Dublin in my tears.
Verse 2:
G G G G7
All the faces that I meet as I roam each one way street
C Am D D
reflect the empty statements of the times.
G G G G
And the old cathedral bell can’t be heard above the swell
Am D G G
for the years erase the message in her chimes.
C Am G G
All my childhood friends are gone, like the street where we were born,
Am D G G7
and the time that it has taken doesn’t seem so many years.
C Am G G
They have faded in the gloom with ‘Sap' Kelly of the Crew,
Am D G G
just a ghost of dear old Dublin in my tears.
Verse 1:
G G G G7
There were times when jobs were few, there were hungry days we knew,
C Am D D
some days so bad their memory I’ve cursed.
G G G G
And the prayer I said to God, there onboard the 'Princess Maud'
Am D G G
that our children would restore a pride we lost.
C Am G G
But their past they all forsake, as they're dancing at her wake,
Am D G G7
while the heart of Dublin’s dying, nobody really cares.
C Am G G
And the fools, as they pass by, laugh to see an old man cry,
Am D G G G G
oh, I can’t forget old Dublin in my tears.
Verse 1:
G G G G7
Gather round brave men and true, though our numbers they be few,
C Am D D
we’ll drink one toast before I cross the foam.
G G G G
For soon in London’s dark domain, I’ll recall how I became,
Am D G G
no more a stranger there than here at home.
C Am G G
Now the Liffey flows along and I listen to her song
Am D G G7
'till the voice of young James Larkin seems to echo in my ears.
C Am G G
But it's just the rafters ring, to it’s requiem I sing,
Am D G G
farewell to dear old Dublin in my tears.
Am D G G G G
Farewell to dear old Dublin in my tears.