Intro:
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Main riff:
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Chords:
-Intro-
G (320003@1) CWell (x32010@1)I didn't see much future
G (320003@1) CWhen (x32010@1)I left the Christian brothers school
G (320003@1) CSo (x32010@1)I waved it goodbye with a wistful smile
G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I left the girls of Tuam
G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)sometimes when I'm reminiscing
G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)see the prefabs and my old friends
G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I know that they'll be changed or gone
G (320003@1) CBy (x32010@1)the time I get home again
Chorus:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I wish I was on that N 17
DStone (xx0232@1)walls and the grasses green
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DYes (xx0232@1)I wish I was on that N 17
DStone (xx0232@1)walls and the grasses green
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GTravelling (320003@1)with just my thoughts and dreams
-shortened intro-
G (320003@1) CWell (x32010@1)the old fella left me to Shannon
G (320003@1) CWas (x32010@1)the last time I travelled that road
G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)as we turned left at Claregalway
G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)could feel a lump in my throat
G (320003@1) CAs (x32010@1)I pictured the thousands of times
G (320003@1) CThat (x32010@1)I'd travelled that well worn track
G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I know that things will be different
G (320003@1) CIf (x32010@1)I ever decide to go back
-Chorus-
Solo:
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G (320003@1) CNow (x32010@1)as I tumble down highways
G (320003@1) COr (x32010@1)filthy overcrowded trains
G (320003@1) CThere's (x32010@1)no one to talk to in transit
G (320003@1) CSo (x32010@1)I sit there and daydream in vain
G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)behind all these muddled up problems
G (320003@1) COf (x32010@1)living on a foreign soil
G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)can still see the twists and turns in the road
G (320003@1) CFrom (x32010@1)the square to the town of the tribes
-Chorus-
-Intro-
-Main riff til the end-
