FROM CLARE TO HERE	Ralph McTell

INTRO
Am      C/G      Fmaj7         G          Am7     Am

Am      C/G      Fmaj7         G          C       C/F     C

VERSE 1
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
Four who shared this room, we were caught up in the cracks
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G
Sleeping late on Sundays and we     never got to mass,   and

CHORUS                Fmaj7  G                        C   C/F     C
     		It's a long way        from Clare to here
                      Fmaj7  G               E7      Am     Am/G  C/G
  		It's a long way        from Clare to here
		       Fmaj7       Esus4            Am   Am/G   F5
 		It's a long, long way,       gets further by the day
		       Fmaj7     G           Am       Am/G
  		It's a long long way   from Clare to here

VERSE 2
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
Friday comes around,       we're only    into    fighting
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
My ma would like a letter home, but I'm too tired for writing

CHORUS                Fmaj7  G                        C   C/F     C
     		It's a long way        from Clare to here
                      Fmaj7  G               E7      Am     Am/G  C/G
  		It's a long way        from Clare to here
		       Fmaj7       Esus4            Am   Am/G   F5
 		It's a long, long way,       gets further by the day
		       Fmaj7     G           Am       Am/G
  		It's a long long way   from Clare to 

VERSE 3
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
It almost breaks my heart when I think of my family
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
I told them I'd be coming home with my pockets full of greens

CHORUS                Fmaj7  G                        C   C/F     C
     		It's a long way        from Clare to here
                      Fmaj7  G               E7      Am     Am/G  C/G
  		It's a long way        from Clare to here
		       Fmaj7       Esus4            Am   Am/G   F5
 		It's a long, long way,       gets further by the day
		       Fmaj7     G           Am       Am/G
  		It's a long long way   from Clare to here

BRIDGE
    F            G                C   -    G    C
The only time I feel all right is when I'm into drinking
      F                  G               C    -   G/B     Am   -   Am/G
It can sort of ease the pain of it and it levels out my thinking

CHORUS                Fmaj7  G                        C   C/F     C
     		It's a long way        from Clare to here
                      Fmaj7  G               E7      Am     Am/G  C/G
  		It's a long way        from Clare to here
		       Fmaj7       Esus4            Am   Am/G   F5
 		It's a long, long way,       gets further by the day
		       Fmaj7     G           Am       Am/G
  		It's a long long way   from Clare to here 

VERSE 4
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
I sometimes hear the fiddles play; maybe it's just a notion
Fmaj7            Fmaj7            C                G    
I dream I see white horses dance upon that other ocean

OUT-TRO/CHORUS                Fmaj7  G                        C   C/F     C
     		It's a long way        from Clare to here
                      Fmaj7  G               E7      Am     Am/G  C/G
  		It's a long way        from Clare to here
		       Fmaj7       Esus4            Am   Am/G   F5
 		It's a long, long way,       gets further by the day
		       Fmaj7     G           Am       Am/G
  		It's a long long way   from Clare to here