Kunci: C major
Verse 1
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They call me Billy Collins,
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Gm
boys, I'm as Irish as my name
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And like my pa before me,
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C
fightin' was my game
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But to see the River Shannon
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Am
has always been my dream.
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I've prayed I'd lay my dying soul
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G
beside her lovely stream.
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E
Am
This muddy water filled with stone
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G
Looks like Collins Creek to me
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F
My father's kin have made their homes
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E
Up and down this riverbed
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Dm
And it's here beside this granite stone
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C
I lay my dying head
It was 14 sonic victories,
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that brought me north to New York,
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C
beneath the garden lights,
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Dm
where the Puerto Rican racketeers
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played their money smart.
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F
They loaded up their fighter's gloves
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G
and destroyed my fighting heart.
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So it was home I went in blind defeat.
which served me well
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Gm
Then served me pints of gin
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Dm
And the roar of the thundering fight crowd
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In one desperate scream is drowned
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F
I was too damn drunk to see the things
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G
That had thrown me to the ground
And I don't believe
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F
the river Shannon
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G
runs through Tennessee.
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Am
This muddy water filled with stone
Dm
G
looks like Collins Creek to me.
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F
My father's kin have made their homes
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E
up and down this river bed.
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Dm
And it's here, beside this granite stone,
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C
Am
Dm
G
C
I'll lay my dying head.
So you can have your new world,
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Gm
with all its fast machines.
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Your fancy cars and painted horse
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C
And all your goddamn dreams
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Dm
I'd trade it all to lay my head
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On Lady Shannon's breast
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But it's here beside this
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G
They'll lay fightin' Bill to rest
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Billy Collins lost his pride
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But he never lost his nerve
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He ran the straight and narrow
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C
But couldn't make the curve
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C
Dm
Ran off the road near Collins Creek
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blind drunk late one night
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he lost the final round
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G
but he may have won the fight
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F
and I don't believe the river Shannon
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G
Am
This muddy water filled with stone
Dm
G
looks like Collins Creek to me.
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F
My father's kin have made their homes
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E
up and down this river bed.
Am
Dm
And it's here beside this granite stone
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C
I'll lay my dying head.
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Dm
Yes, it's me, beside this granite stone,
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C
I'll lay my dying head.
Thank you.
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