G                      D
  Ladies and gentlemen,  Mr. Christy Dignam
D
  This song means so much to me, it's my [?]
Em              G         D
     All hail, all hail

[Chorus]
D                               Em
How can I protect you in this crazy world?
       G                   D
It's alright, yeah, it's alright

[Verse 1]
D                          Em
   I have fallen down so many times, many times
Em7                                                  
Don't know why, don't know where, don't care less, 
            D
it's all the same
D                               Em
   I have travelled through so many towns
Em7                                                  
Don't know why, don't know where, don't care less, 
            D
it's all the same (Oh, come on, let me hear ya)

[Chorus]
   D                               Em
So how can I protect you in this crazy world?
       G                   D
It's alright, yeah, it's alright

[Verse 2]
D                              Em
   Can you hear the sound of nothing, nothing?
Em7                                                  
Nothing right, nothing's wrong, don't care less, it's
          D
 all the same
D                                                    
Love is blind, love is real, don't you know that love
           Em
 is what you feel?
        Em7                D
It's alright, yeah, it's alright

[Chorus]
   D                               Em
So how can I protect you in this crazy world?
       G                   D
It's alright, yeah, it's alright

[Bridge]
G                         D
  And when the talking's over
G                      D
  All the crowd have gone
        D                      A                   
There's nothing left I can do, am I ever gonna get 
             G
through to you?
         D
It's alright

[Chorus]
D                                 Em
How can I protect you in this crazy world?
       G                   D
It's alright, yeah, it's alright (One, one, two, three,
 four)

D
How can I protect you when all the crowd have gone? 
(How can I protect you in this crazy world?)
Em
Now your party's over and all this world is wrong
       G                   D
It's alright, yeah, it's alright (One last time)

D                                 Em
How can I protect you in this crazy world?
       G
It's alright, yeah
                       D
Thank you (Hahahahaha)