In the city of Chicago

by Christy Moore · posted by DGLowlander

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab


 [Chorus]  
   6 6   66   5    6-6-6
   In the city of Chicago,
   6   66     5   6      -6         -7
   As the evening shadows fall,
    -7       7    -77      -7-6
   There Are people dreaming,
   -6   7  -7- 6-6   6-6
   Of the hills of Donegal.
 
 
[Verse 1]
  - 6-6-6        6 6       5
   Eighteen forty - seven
     5     6  -6-6 -6   6    5
   Was the year it all began,
   5  6     -6-6 -6 7  -7-6
   Deadly pains of hunger,
  -67   -7  -6       -6     6   -6                   
 Drove a million from the land.
 - 6-6      -6         6   6    5
 They journeyed not for glory,
    56     -6       -6-6     6 5
   Their motive wasn't greed,
    5    6-6-6   7  -7-6
   A voyage of survival,
   -67      -7   -6-6      6-6
   Across the stormy sea.
 
 [Chorus]

 

{Verse2}
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.