Artist: Damien Dempsey
Title: Sing All Our Cares Away
CHORDS
C Em F G G/E
Note: Nearly every time a chord is played, the first
finger is lifted and put back down.
Intro: C Em F G
C Em
Mary loves the grouse, hides the bottles round the house,
F G
She watches chatshows and the soaps, broken-hearted but she copes,
C Em
Michael's out of work, feels he's sinking in the murk,
F G
He's unshaven and a mess, finds it hard some days to dress
C Em
Stevie smashes the delf, cos he can't express himself,
F G
He's consumed by rage, like his father at his age,
C Em
Rits'a little child, have a lovely little smile,
F G
This means nothing to her father, because he's never even seen her
Chorus:
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away
F G G/E
We'll live, to fight another day
Verse:
C Em
Joey's off the gear, he's been clean for half a year,
F G
He gets bored out of his mind, but he's tryin to toe the line
C Em
Maggie's in a chair, 'twas joyriding put her there,
F G
She puts the kettle on the boil, and shes always got a smile
Chorus:
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away
F G
We'll live, to fight another day
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away,
F Em
We'll live, to love another day,
C G
We grow strong, from it all,
F G
We grow strong, or we fall,
C Em
We grow strong, from it all,
F G
We grow strong, or we fall,
C
We grow strong.
