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I (G)saw them
on the (C)streets of (G)Clones
At a (D)Fleadh Cheoil
long a(G)go
A white heared (C)man
with a (G)fiddle
His (D)brother had an
old ban(G)jo
- They're (C)blind -
said the woman beside us,
- But by (G)God them
boys can play! -
- That's the
(D)Swallow's Tail - said my (D7)father
And the (C)music took
us (D)all a(G)way -G
Chorus
And (D)if you stop to (G)listen,
They're (C)playing for (D)you and (G)I.
And their music (D)sings a(C)long the (G)strings.
Between the (C)earth and the (G)sky, between the (D7)eart
and the (G)sky
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(G)Maggie was
a (C)traveling (G)singer
You (D)never heard a
voice so (G)strong
When she sang in
(C)Newry (G)market
The (D)whole town
heard her (G)song
And her (C)voice was
known from London
To the (G)streets of
Baltimore
For she (D)sang her
songs a(D7)long a road
That was (C)often
(D)walked be(G)fore. -G
Chorus,
using ‚SHE’S playing...’ + ‚and HER music...’
Be(G)side Co(C)logne
Ca(G)thedral
A (D)crowd had
gathered (G)round
There was singing,
(C)there was (G)laughing and
We (D)hurried towards
the (G)sound
You (C)said - That's
Klaus the Fiddler
He (G)plays here
every day
Left the (D)orchestra
be(D7)hind him
So that (C)everyone
could (D)hear him (G)play -G
Chorus,
using ‚HE’S playing...’ + ‚and HIS music...’
On the (G)streets of
(C)Sara(G)jevo
Where (D)death walks
every (G)day
Smailovic (C)takes
his (G)cello
And he (D)slowly
starts to (G)play
And the (C)people
gather roud him
In the (G)spirit of
the market place
His (D)music brings both
(D7)tears and smiles (short rest!)
But it (C)changes
(D)every (G)face -G
Chorus,
using ‚HE’S playing...’ + ‚and HIS music...’
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And the (G)music
(C)echoes (G)all around
No (D)matter where I
(G)stray
Like the pan pipes
(C)from the (G)Andes
On (D)Grafton Street
to(G)day
And (C)some will give
them money
And (G)some will ask
them why
As the (D)music fills
the (D7)lonesome place
Bet(C)ween the
(D)street and the (G)sky -G
Chorus,
using ‚THEY’RE playing...’ + ‚and THEIR music...’
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