Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Same oul faces, Same oul streets
G+G D MajorD
Same oul people is all you meet
D MajorD
Too long waiting, Standing round
G+G D MajorD
I'm sick and tired of the, Same oul town
D MajorD
Same oul drizzle, Same oul rain
G+G D MajorD
Same oul walking, Back home again
D MajorD
Same oul heartache, Lost and found
G+G D MajorD
Same oul story, Same oul town
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
And I go out for a walk
D MajorD
To see if there's news
D MajorD
The rain on the path
A augmentedA
Leaking into me shoes
G+G
And I do talk to myself
D MajorD
Cos I'm my only best friend
D MajorD
It's Sunday night
A augmentedA G+G
Nearly Monday morning again
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Oh same oul Monday, Closed all day
G+G D MajorD
The farmers and their wisps of hay
D MajorD
Same oul hanging around the square
G+G D MajorD
Same oul spoofers, Same oul stares
D MajorD
Hey you're welcome back, Yeah bang the door
G+G D MajorD
This christmas-time and the time before
D MajorD
Dont like asking, you know, You're fairly wide
G+G D MajorD
You'd never give us, The price of a pint
Chorus:
G+G
And I go out for a walk
D MajorD
To see if there's news
D MajorD
The rain on the path
A augmentedA
Leaking into me shoes
G+G
And I do talk to myself
D MajorD
Cos I'm my only best friend
D MajorD
Well it's Sunday night
A augmentedA G+G
Nearly Monday morning again
Verse 3:
D MajorD
You know you'd often wonder, As the years go past
G+G D MajorD
Why you ever bothered, Going to mass
D MajorD
Was it the fear of God, Or to find a wife
G+G D MajorD
Or just buying shares, In the afterlife
D MajorD
The bell still tolls, I heard it there
G+G D MajorD
For the final journey, Up through the square
D MajorD
Shop doors close, And the blinds come down
G+G D MajorD
Same oul story, Same oul town
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
And I do howl at the moon
D MajorD
I go barking at dogs
D MajorD
Take off all me clothes
A augmentedA
And lie out in the bog
G+G
And I do talk to myself
D MajorD
Cos I'm my only best friend
D MajorD
Well it's Sunday night
A augmentedA G+G
Nearly Monday morning again
D MajorD A augmentedA
It's just the same oul story
G+G
Same oul town
Verse 5:
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
It's just the same oul story, Same oul town
D MajorD
Oh Same oul faces, Same oul streets
G+G D MajorD
Same oul people is all you meet
D MajorD
Too long waiting, Standing round
G+G D MajorD
It's the same oul story, Same oul town
(Live in Galway/Sydney)
D MajorD
One of these days, I'm going to fly
G+G D MajorD
Up into that endless sky
D MajorD
If I ever come back down
G+G D MajorD
Far away from this same oul town