Chords:
{t: From Clare To Here }
{key: Am}
{artist:Ralph McTell}
Ralph McTell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B3_of9CY24
Thanks to Steve Walton for this
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[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am]
Oh there's [F] four who share this room and we [G] work hard for the craic
And [F] sleeping late on Sundays, well I [G] never get to Mass
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It's a [Dm] long long [G] way from Clare to [C] here
It's a [F] long way-yay-[G] -ay, from Clare to [Am] here
[F] It's a long, long way and it gets [Em] further day by [Am] day
Oh, it's a [F] long long [G7] way from Clare to [Am] here
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When [F] Friday comes around, well Terry’s [G] only into fighting
Me [F] ma would like a letter home but [G] I'm too tired for writing
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It's a [Dm] long long [G] way from Clare to [C] here
It's a [F] long way-yay-[G] -ay, from Clare to [Am] here
[F] It's a long, long way and it gets [Em] further day by [Am] day
Oh, it's a [F] long long [G7] way from Clare to [Am] here
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It [F] almost breaks my heart when I [G] think of Josephine
I [F] told her I'd be coming home with my [G] pockets full of green
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Oh, it's a [Dm] long long [G] way from Clare to [C] here
It's a [F] long way-yay-[G] -ay, from Clare to [Am] here
[F] It's a long, long way and it gets [Em] further day by [Am] day
Oh, it's a [F] long long [G7] way from Clare to [Am] here
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The [F] only time I feel alright is [G] when I'm into drinking
It [F] sort of ease the pain of it and [G] levels out my thinking
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Oh, it's a [Dm] long long [G] way from Clare to [C] here
It's a [F] long way-yay-[G] -ay, from Clare to [Am] here
[F] It's a long, long way and it gets [Em] further day by [Am] day
Oh, it's a [F] long long [G7] way from Clare to [Am] here
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I [F] sometimes hear a fiddle play or [G] maybe it's a notion
I [F] dream I see white horses dance, up-[G] on that other ocean
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It's a [Dm] long long [G] way from Clare to [C] here
It's a [F] long way-yay-[G] -ay, from Clare to [Am] here
[F] It's a long, long way and it gets [Em] further day by [Am] day
Oh, it's a [F] long long [G7] way from Clare to [Am] here
It's a [F] long wa-yay-[G] -ay from Clare to [Am] here [Am]
