That Tumble Down Shack In Athlone

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Oh! I want to go back to that 
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tumble down shack,
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Where the wild roses bloom 'round 
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the door,
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Just to pillow my head, in that 
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ould trundle bed,
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Just to see my ould mother once 
  D
more.
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There's a bright gleaming light, 
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guiding me home tonight,
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Down the long road of white cobble
  Em
 stone,
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Down the road that leads back, to 
     G           Em
that tumble down shack,
        C           D      
To that tumble down shack in 
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Athlone.

[Verse 2]
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I'm a long way from home and my 
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thoughts ever roam
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To ould Erin far over the sea,
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For my heart it is there, where 
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the skies are so fair
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And ould Ireland is calling for me.
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There's a bright gleaming light, 
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guiding me home tonight,
         G            Bm           
Down the long road of white cobble 
Em
stone,
         C               D        
Down the road that leads back, to 
     G           Em
that tumble down shack,
        C           D      
To that tumble down shack in 
     G
Athlone.

[Verse 3]
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There are eyes that are sad, as 
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they watch for a lad,
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In the old fashioned town of 
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Athlone,
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And I pray for the day, when I'm 
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sailing away,
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To ould Ireland, and mother, my own.
          G               D    
There's a bright gleaming light, 
          G          D
guiding me home tonight,
         G            Bm           
Down the long road of white cobble 
Em
stone,
         C               D        
Down the road that leads back, to 
     G           Em
that tumble down shack,
        C           D      
To that tumble down shack in 
      G
Athlone.