From Clare To Here

From: * (Adam Schneider)

FROM CLARE TO HERE (Ralph McTell)
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[Actually in G; capo 7.]
[Notes in parentheses are quiet or nonexistent.]

 Am(9)   C/G      Fmaj9            G                Am7     Am(9)
|----------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------| 
|------1-------1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-| 
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------4---| 
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|-(2)------2-----| 
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------| 
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

[intro]
 Am(9)   C/G      Fmaj9            G                C       C(4)     C
|0---------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|--------| 
|------1-0-----1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|---1---1| 
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-| 
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|-2---2--| 
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---| 
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^ ^ ^ ^   

[intro]
 Fmaj9            Fmaj9            C                G(9)    G
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-| 
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---| 
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----| 
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| 
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

Four who shared this room, we were caught up in the cracks
 Fmaj9            Fmaj9            C                C/G   G
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------| 
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0------(0)| 
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| 
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----| 
|----------------|----------------|3------(3)------|----------------| 
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

 Sleeping late on Sundays and we     never got to mass,         and

 Fmaj9         G                   C       C(4)     C
|--------0---0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------| 
|------1-------3-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-----1---| 
|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0---------0-| 
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|--2-------2-----| 
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------| 
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

   It's a long way        from Clare to here
 Fmaj9            G       E7/G#    Am(9)           Am(9)/G  C/G
|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------| 
|------1---------|3----(0)----0---|------1-------1-|------1-------1-| 
|----0-----------|----0-----------|----4-------4---|----4-------0---| 
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-2---| 
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------| 
|1-------1-------|3-------4-------|----------------|3-------3-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

   It's a long way        from Clare to here
 Fmaj9            Esus4            Am(9)   Am(9)/G  Fmaj9
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------| 
|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-| 
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----0-------0---| 
|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----| 
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------| 
|1-------1-------|0-------0-------|--------3-------|1-------1-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

 It's a long, long way,       gets further by the day
 Fmaj9            G                Am(9)            Am(9)   Am(9)/G
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|0---------------| 
|------1-------1-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-------1-| 
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----4-------4---|----4---4---4---| 
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----| 
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0---------------| 
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------3-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

   It's a long long way   from Clare to here

 Fmaj9            Fmaj9            C                G
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|--------3-------| 
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-| 
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| 
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----| 
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| 
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

 Friday comes around,       we're only    into    fighting
 Fmaj9            Fmaj9            C                G
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------| 
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-| 
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| 
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----| 
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| 
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------| 
 ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^     

My ma would like a letter home, but I'm too tired for writing


And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here

It almost breaks my heart when I think of my family
I told them I'd be coming home with my pockets full of greens

And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here

The only time I feel all right is when I'm into drinking
It can sort of ease the pain of it and it levels out my thinking

And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here

I sometimes hear the fiddles play; maybe it's just a notion
I dream I see white horses dance upon that other ocean

And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
[Ending: Fmaj9  G  Am(9).]


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