Its A Long Way Home To Donegal Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G Bm C D G D

Verse 1

 I'll Gfollow their father wherever you go,

 I Bmknow that I'll snow, we can bestow tCogether,

 With a Ddrink in our chest we'll be stGrong, we'll be strDong

Verse 2

 While I Glove you dear mother, now, don't you frown,

 I'll be Bmback some day without the grey skies,

 We'll have Csupper, togetDher again, we'll have suGpper, once Dagain

Chorus

 It's a Glong way hDome

 It's a Clong way hDome to DGonegal D

Verse 3

 so fGarewell my beauty, my sweet young girl,

 i'll Bmsee you again, I'll marry you as well,

 we'll make Clove, have sweet chDildren, and make Glove, once aDgain

Verse 4

 Then GDecember the 12th, a letter it came,

 It rBme-sung your young love, was laid by a fever last nCight,

 Oh noD, I never saGw, Oh, agDain

Chorus x 2

Instrumental

G, Bm, C, D, G, D X2

Verse 5

 Oh say sGo my brother, wherever we roam,

 I lBmove you like the places we go,

 and our fCriends smoke ciDgarettes, and they're frGiends, best of fDriends

Verse 6

 Oh there's Gno Irish blood, in our English years,

 we fiBmght with our fists and swallow our fears,

 and be Cstrong, with a dDrink in our chest we'll be sGtrong, we'll be Dstrong

Chorus x2

False End

G

End Instrumental

(D, G, D, A

D, G, D, A, D) x6

(1st time just banjo, then 4x all, 6th time fade out)