Industrial School Chords

Double Drop d

[There are some lift offs & hammers ons on the middle D-string on C & Cadd9

& aswell as the d-string on the Am7, just listen out the others when playing

the chords]

Intro

C Cadd9 G G7

x2

Verse

CI missed a day or two of Cadd9school, Gbecause I was called a G7fool

CAnd beat around the pCadd9lace, beGcause I was staring G7into space

CHe stole a little bit of Cadd9coal, beGcause his flat was G7cold

CThere's mountains of coal on the Cadd9docks

GHe took some and rain into the G7cops

 AndAm7 now we're packed off to Dschool

Am7Industrial school

 We'll learn the Dmeaning of the word, meaning of the word

Am7And now we're locked up in sDchool

Am7Industrial school

 We'll learn the mDeaning of the word cruel

Chorus

Am7Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,

DTooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi,

Am7Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,

DTooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi

[Just follows the same chords pattern]

My uncle was sent to Daingean

My Granda to Letterfrack

And the child that was locked up there

Never did come back

Some were raped and some were tortured

Some beaten and abused,

Frightened little children, so lonely and so confused

Now the Irish have their stories and their music that’s passed on

From distant generations, who were kept down for so long

But they also have the madness, child abuse and rage

Sexual frustration passed down from another age

Their language land and culture, their ancient pride was lost,

And sexual repression was what religion cost.

We have to break the cycle, cos it’s still passed down boss

We have to break the cycle before any more kids are lost