From Clare To Here Lyrics Guitar Chords And Sheet music
by Ralph McTell, made famous by The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur. It tells the story of Irish lads working on the building sites in England and dreaming of being back home in County Clare. It also deals with what most Irish men do when working away from home , and that's drinking and fighting and having the craic, sure what else would a fella be doing. I have also included the mandolin / banjo tab plus the easy to follow letter notes plus a youtube video to give the gist of how the song goes.
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Oh [G]here's four who share this [D]room as we [G]work hard for the [D]craic
And [G]getting up late on [D]Sundays I [G]never get to [D]Mass It's a [Am]long way from Clare to [G]here It's a [Am]long way from Clare to [Em]here Oh[G]It's a long, long [D]way, it grows [G]further by the [D]day It's a [Am]long way from Clare to [G]here When Friday comes around he's only into fighting My ma would like a letter home but I'm too tired for writing Chorus It almost breaks my heart when I think of Josephine I promised her I'd be coming home with my pockets full of green Chorus And the only time I feel alright is when I'm into drinking It eases off the pain of it and levels out my thinking Chorus I dream I hear a piper playing or maybe it's a notion I dream I see white horses dance upon that other ocean Chorus It's a long, long way from Clare to here. |
Here's the guitar chords as played by The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur
[Bm]Oh [G]here's four who share this [A]room as we [G]work hard for the [A]craic And [G]getting up late on [A]Sundays I [G]never get to [D]Mass Chorus It's a [Em]long long[A] way from Clare to [D]here[Bm] It's a [Em]long way [A]from Clare to [Bm]here Oh[G]It's a long, long [A]way, it gets [D]further by the [Bm]day It's a [Em]long long[A] way from Clare to [Bm]here |
Here are the tin whistle letter notes. If you're playing these notes on another instrument then remember tat all the f notes are sharp.
e f g g g g f e e d d d e BA
Oh there's 4 who share the room and we work hard for the craic
d g g g g g f e d d d d e BA
And getting up late on Sunday never getting to mass
B G A A B A G E F G
It's a long long way from Clare to here
B G A A B A G B d eded
It's a long long way from Clare to here
ef g g g g f e d d d e BA
Oh,, it's a long long way gets futher day by day
B G A A B A G E F G
It's a long long way from Clare to here
e f g g g g f e e d d d e BA
Oh there's 4 who share the room and we work hard for the craic
d g g g g g f e d d d d e BA
And getting up late on Sunday never getting to mass
B G A A B A G E F G
It's a long long way from Clare to here
B G A A B A G B d eded
It's a long long way from Clare to here
ef g g g g f e d d d e BA
Oh,, it's a long long way gets futher day by day
B G A A B A G E F G
It's a long long way from Clare to here
