F                 G           C
I wish that I was home in Donegal
   F             G        
To be with you beside the sea
   Am                    F            
To hear your sweet voice calling me
C          G           C             
Back to my home in Donegal
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   C              Dm             G                  
He walks upon the streets of New Orleans
           C             Dm        
There is a strange and unfamiliar look
   F             G      
To every face he sees.
   F                 G
He came here for the money
    C         F       Dm        
The adventure and the craic
    C            Dm      
Now all he ever thinks about
   G             C         
Is someday going back
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   C              Dm         G 
He misses all his family and friends
        C                    Dm    
There's times when he'd give all he has
        F            G      
Just to be with them again
F                     G
Before the young ones move away
C                 F   Dm        
The old ones are all gone.
C                     Dm      
Before his heart can realize
     G             C         
He's been away too long.
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   C                    Dm              G 
Sometimes he lays there dreaming in the night
         C            Dm    
To get a job of extra work
               F             G      
He?ll save the money for the flight
    F                G
But lonely dreams in darkness
   C      F          Dm        
disappear before the dawn
C              Dm      
Familiar faces fade away
G                  C         
All the dreams are gone.