Misc Originals – Dane Roberts - Back To Lismore (Guitar)

    C
My bags are pack, the car's filled up

    F
My morning brew I do sup

         C                          G  G7
Getting ready for the journey back home

     F     C
To Tony I say Goodbye,

      F             C
I'll see him again next july

       F               G               C
I'll bring him back a book on ancient Rome.

    C
My journey starts at 3 A.M.

     F
The M1 traffic I do condemn

  C                             G  G7
Spending needless hours on the road

   F                   C
I past Tweed Heads an hour ago

          F              C
but the traffic ahead I did not know

     F               G                     C
the cars they just stopped and then they slowed

     F
The Bar is open, the music's playing

      C                    Am
Come dance along to that good ol' saying

    F                                G
As Finnegan is playing the classic score.

      F
'I'm home again', I thought then and there.

    C
My heart rejoices, no more depair

      F         G               C
I'm glad to be back home in Lismore.

     C
The pub was barren when I came in

      F
Time for the singing to begin

     C                               G   G7
I strummed some chords and played a tune

 F                C
People sang and clapped along

     F             C
The tables rattled all night long

    F                G                   C
My family called to say they'd be there soon

     F
The Bar is open, the music's playing

      C                    Am
Come dance along to that good ol' saying

    F                                G
As Finnegan is playing the classic score.

      F
'I'm home again', I thought then and there.

    C
My heart rejoices, no more depair

      F         G               C
I'm glad to be back home in Lismore.

    C
My Sisters all start a-fiddlin'

    F
My Father, singing, starts a-drinkin'

        C                    G  G7
As the melody continues to play

      F                     C
Such joy, you'd think it'd never seize

        F               C
By the New South Wales winter breeze

 F                   G                C
Gather all there is something I must say

     F
The Bar is open, the music's playing

      C                    Am
Come dance along to that good ol' saying

    F                                G
As Finnegan is playing the classic score.

      F
'I'm home again', I thought then and there.

    C
My heart rejoices, no more depair

      F         G               C
I'm glad to be back home in Lismore.