(intro) Em Am Em Am

G          D          Em      G            D               Bm
    In the city of Chicago          as the evening shadows fall,
C               D      Em       C           D            Am  Em
    there are people dreaming        of the hills of Donegal.

    Am               C             D            Em
    Eighteen  forty-seven was the year it all began
     Am              C              D                Em
    deadly pains of hunger drove a million from the land.
          Am                 C           D              Em
    They journeyed not for glory, their motive wasn't greed,
      Am             C       D               C
    a voyage of  survival across the stormy sea.

G          D          Em      G            D               Bm
    In the city of Chicago          as the evening shadows fall,
C               D      Em       C           D            Am  Em
    there are people dreaming        of the hills of Donegal.

    Am                C             D                Em
    Some of them knew fortune, and some of them knew fame,
    Am                 C            D             Em
    more of them knew hardship and died upon the plain.
           Am                   C            D                Em
    They spread throughout the nation, they rode the railroad cars,
      Am                     C        D                 C
    brought their songs and music to ease their lonely hearts.

G          D          Em      G            D               Bm
    In the city of Chicago          as the evening shadows fall,
C               D      Em       C           D            Am  Em
    there are people dreaming        of the hills of Donegal.

( Em Am Em Am Em Am Em )