[ Предположительная тональность: G ] Capo 2 G D C G In my memory I will always see C G D the town that I have loved so well G D C G Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall C G D G and we laughed through the smoke and the smell Em D G Em C Going home in the rain, running up the dark lane G C D past the jail and down behind the fountain G D C G Those were happy days in so many, many ways C G D G in the town I loved so well G D C G In the early morning the shirt factory horn C G D called women from Creggan, the Moor and the Bog G D C G While the men on the dole played a mother's role, C G D G fed the children and then walked the dogs Em D G Em C And when times got rough there was just about enough G C D But they saw it through without complaining G D C G For deep inside was a burning pride C G D G in the town I loved so well G D C G There was music there in the Derry air C G D like a language that we could all could understand G D C G I remember the day when I earned my first pay C G D G As I played in a small pick-up band Em D G Em C There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth C G D I was sad to leave it all behind me G D C G For I learned about life and I'd found a wife C G D G in the town I loved so well G D C G But when I returned how my eyes have burned C G D to see how a town could be brought to its knees G D C G By the armored cars and the bombed out bars C G D G and the gas that hangs on to every tree Em D G Em C Now the army's installed by that old gas yard wall C G D and the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher G D C G With their tanks and their guns, oh my God, what have they done? C G D G to the town I loved so well G D C G Now the music's gone but they carry on C G D For their spirit's been bruised, never broken G D C G They will not forget but their hearts are set C G D G on tomorrow and peace once again Em D G Em C For what's done is done and what's won is won C G D and what's lost is lost and gone forever G D C G I can only pray for a bright, brand new day C G D G in the town I loved so well