Artist: Damien Dempsey
Title: Sing All Our Cares Away 
CHORDS 
C Em F G G/E 
Note: Nearly every time a chord is played, the first 
finger is lifted and put back down. 
Intro: C Em F G 
C (x32010@1)                              Em (022000@1)Mary loves the grouse, hides the bottles round the house, 
            F (133211@1)                             G (320003@1)She watches chatshows and the soaps, broken-hearted but she copes, 
C (x32010@1)                               Em (022000@1)Michael's out of work, feels he's sinking in the murk, 
        F (133211@1)                        G (320003@1)He's unshaven and a mess, finds it hard some days to dress 
C (x32010@1)                             Em (022000@1)Stevie smashes the delf, cos he can't express himself, 
       F (133211@1)                      G (320003@1)He's consumed by rage, like his father at his age, 
C (x32010@1)                         Em (022000@1)Rits'a little child, have a lovely little smile, 
           F (133211@1)                                 G (320003@1)This means nothing to her father, because he's never even seen her  

Chorus: 
   F (133211@1)                      G (320003@1)We sing, sing all our cares away 
F (133211@1)                          GG/E 
We'll live, to fight another day 
Verse: 
C (x32010@1)                            Em (022000@1)Joey's off the gear, he's been clean for half a year, 
        F (133211@1)                             G (320003@1)He gets bored out of his mind, but he's tryin to toe the line 
C (x32010@1)                        Em (022000@1)Maggie's in a chair, 'twas joyriding put her there, 
             F (133211@1)                          G (320003@1)She puts the kettle on the boil, and shes always got a smile 
Chorus: 
   F (133211@1)                      G (320003@1)We sing, sing all our cares away 
       F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)We'll live, to fight another day 
   F (133211@1)                      G (320003@1)We sing, sing all our cares away, 
       F (133211@1)                 EmWe'll (022000@1)live, to love another day, 
        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)We grow strong, from it all, 
        F (133211@1)            GWe (320003@1)grow strong, or we fall, 
        C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)We grow strong, from it all, 
        F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)We grow strong, or we fall, 
        C (x32010@1)We grow strong.