City Of Chicago Lyrics And Chords
Aka. Barry Moore, also recorded by the songwriter's brother Christy Moore and released as a single by Derek Ryan [ songs ]in October 2016. The song is about the great hunger [ so called famine ] that began in Ireland in 1847.The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included. The first score is in G Major and the version of the sheet music for tin whistle is in the key of D.
In[G] the[D] City of Chi[Em]cago
[G]As the[D] evening shadows[Bm fall
[C] There are[D] people[Em] dreaming
[C] Of the[D] hills of Do[Am]negal
[Am]Eighteen forty-[C]seven, was the[D] year it all be[Em]gan
[Am]Deadly pains of[C] hunger, drove a[D] million from the[Em] land
They[Am] journeyed not for[C] glory, their[D] motive was not [Em]greed
A[Am] voyage of su[C]rvival, a[D]cross the stormy[Em] sea
Chorus
Some of them knew fortune, some of them knew fame
More of them knew hardship, and died upon the plain
They spread throughout the nation, they rode the railroad cars
Brought their songs and music, to ease their lonely hearts
Chorus
In[G] the[D] City of Chi[Em]cago
[G]As the[D] evening shadows[Bm fall
[C] There are[D] people[Em] dreaming
[C] Of the[D] hills of Do[Am]negal
[Am]Eighteen forty-[C]seven, was the[D] year it all be[Em]gan
[Am]Deadly pains of[C] hunger, drove a[D] million from the[Em] land
They[Am] journeyed not for[C] glory, their[D] motive was not [Em]greed
A[Am] voyage of su[C]rvival, a[D]cross the stormy[Em] sea
Chorus
Some of them knew fortune, some of them knew fame
More of them knew hardship, and died upon the plain
They spread throughout the nation, they rode the railroad cars
Brought their songs and music, to ease their lonely hearts
Chorus
Guitar chords in the Key of c
In[C] the[G] City of Chi[Am]cago
[C]As the[G] evening shadows[Em] fall
[F] There are[G] people[Am] dreaming
[F] Of the[G] hills of Do[Dm]negal
[Dm]Eighteen forty-[F]seven, was the[G] year it all be[Am]gan
[Dm]Deadly pains of[F] hunger, drove a[G] million from the[Am] land
They[Dm] journeyed not for[F] glory, their[G] motive was not [Am]greed
A[Dm] voyage of su[F]rvival, a[G]cross the stormy[Am] sea
In[C] the[G] City of Chi[Am]cago
[C]As the[G] evening shadows[Em] fall
[F] There are[G] people[Am] dreaming
[F] Of the[G] hills of Do[Dm]negal
[Dm]Eighteen forty-[F]seven, was the[G] year it all be[Am]gan
[Dm]Deadly pains of[F] hunger, drove a[G] million from the[Am] land
They[Dm] journeyed not for[F] glory, their[G] motive was not [Am]greed
A[Dm] voyage of su[F]rvival, a[G]cross the stormy[Am] sea
Key of D
In[D] the[A] City of Chi[Bm]cago
[D]As the[A] evening shadows[F#m] fall
[G] There are[A] people[Bm] dreaming
[G] Of the[A] hills of Do[Em]negal
[Em]Eighteen forty-[G]seven, was the[A] year it all be[Bm]gan
[Em]Deadly pains of[G] hunger, drove a[A] million from the[Bm] land
They[Em] journeyed not for[G] glory, their[A] motive was not [Bm]greed
A[Em] voyage of su[G]rvival, a[A]cross the stormy[Bm] sea
In[D] the[A] City of Chi[Bm]cago
[D]As the[A] evening shadows[F#m] fall
[G] There are[A] people[Bm] dreaming
[G] Of the[A] hills of Do[Em]negal
[Em]Eighteen forty-[G]seven, was the[A] year it all be[Bm]gan
[Em]Deadly pains of[G] hunger, drove a[A] million from the[Bm] land
They[Em] journeyed not for[G] glory, their[A] motive was not [Bm]greed
A[Em] voyage of su[G]rvival, a[A]cross the stormy[Bm] sea
Luka Bloom songwriter of City Of Chicago
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