The Fureys — The Reason I Left Mullingar

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Em  D  C  G
I walked through this city a stranger, 
F  C  G  D
in a land I can never call home, 
Em  D  C  G
And I cursed the sad notion that caused me, 
Em  D
in search of my fortune to rome. 
 
Em  D  C  G
I’m weary of working and drinking, 
F  C  G  D
a week's wages left in the bar, 
Em  D  C  G
And Lord it's a shame to use a friends name, 
Em  D
to beg for the price of a jar. 
 
Chorus:
Em  D  C  G
I remember that bright April morning, 
F  C  G  D
when I left home to travel afar, 
Em  D  C  G
To work till your dead for a room and a bed, 
G  D  G
It's not the reason I left Mullingar. 
 
Em  D  C  G
Oh this London's a city of heartbreak, 
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on Friday there's friends by the score, 
Em  D  C  G
But when the pay's finished on Monday, 
Em  D
a friend's not your friend anymore. 
 
Em  D  C  G
Oh a working day seems never ending, 
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from a shovel and pick there's no break, 
Em  D  C  G
But when your not working your spending, 
Em  D
that fortune you left home to make. 
 
Chorus:
Em  D  C  G
I remember that bright April morning, 
F  C  G  D
when I left home to travel afar, 
Em  D  C  G 
To work till your dead for a room and a bed, 
G  D  G
It's not the reason I left Mullin gar. 
 
Em  D  C  G
And for everyone here that finds fortune, 
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and comes home to tell of the tale, 
Em  D  C  G
Each morning the Broadway is crowded, 
Em  D
with many's the thousand that failed. 

Em  D  C  G
So young men of Ireland take warning, 
F  C  G  D
In London you never will find, 
Em  D  C  G
The gold at the end of the rainbow, 
Em  D
you might just have left it behind 
  
Chorus:
Em  D  C  G
I remember that bright April morning, 
F  C  G  D
when I left home to travel afar, 
Em  D  C  G
To work till your dead for a room and a bed, 
G  D  G
It's not the reason I left Mullingar.