Falling Out North Street
Released in 2021 by Dimple Discs
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INTRO (x2)
Gm7
C7
VERSE 1
Gm7
The old encyclo
C7
pedias
Gm7
Their shelf-space reas
C7
signed
Am
To dust and broken
Fmaj7
dishes
Gm7
The movers left be
C7
hind
Gm7
The knowledge we both
C7
treasured
Gm7
Devalued out of
C7
mind
Am
Though your mind stayed sharp and
Fmaj7
cloudless
Gm7
’til the sightless downward
C7
climb
F6
Some books on boggy
Gm7
lake
shores
F6
Their pages smeared and
C7
lobed (as we’re)
CHORUS 1
F
Falling out
C7
North
Street
Where the
F
town came to an
C7
end
In
C7
Saint Brigid
Gm7
crosses
And the
Bbm
punctures we can’t
Fm
mend
Gm7
‘Mid sheets grown drenched and
C7
clinging
Gm7
The sighing all the
C7
day
Am
You woke up for some
Fmaj7
singing
Gm7
The week you slipped a
C7
way
Gm7
I don’t want to go
C7
flying
Gm7
But wakeful dreaming grips my
C7
heels
Am
The Eastern Munster
Fmaj7
estates
Gm7
The whipcrack, milk on
C7
wheels
F6
You sank down in the
Gm7
wetlands
F6
Through the rushes and the
C7
black sand (and we’re)
CHORUS 2
F
Falling out
C7
North
Street
With some
F
faded pre-war
C7
flag
C7
Both of us
Gm7
laughing
The
Dm
world’s in on our
C7
gag (and we’re)
CHORUS 3
F
Falling out North
C7
Street
As the
F
kids stream out of
C7
school
Our
C7
eyes wild and
Gm7
misty
We
Bbm
lords of sad mis
Fm
rule
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