Verse 1:
FThere's (133211@1)four who share this room
C (x32010@1)                     GWe (320003@1)were caught up in the craic
FSleeping (133211@1)late on Sundays 
C (x32010@1)                 GAnd (320003@1)we never get to Mass

Chorus:
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)               CIt's (x32010@1)a long way from Clare to here
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)  GIt's (320003@1)a long way from Clare to here
F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)    FIt's (133211@1)a long, long way, it gets further by the day
                  G (320003@1)    AmIt's (x02210@1)a long, long way from Clare to here

V2:
When Friday comes around 
We're only into fighting
Ma would like a letter home 
But I'm too tired for writing

Chorus

V3:
It almost breaks my heart 
When I think of Josephine
I told her I'd be coming home 
With my pockets full of green

Chorus

Bridge:
F (133211@1)             GThe (320003@1)only time I feel alright 
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)  CIs (x32010@1)when I'm into drinking
F (133211@1)                     GIt (320003@1)can sort of ease the pain of it
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)And it levels out my thinking

Chorus

V4:
I sometimes hear a piper playing 
Maybe it's a notion
I dream I see white horses dancing 
Upon that other ocean

Chorus

F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)    AmIt's (x02210@1)a long, long way from Clare to here

F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)