Farewell Mayo

D G A D G D A G A When the schools got out for summer I got started D G A D On the long awaited journey to the west G D Em A I was feeling so excited and light hearted D G A D I was heading for the place that I loved best G A D A G A And the bus said "Sligo" on the destination D G A D On down through Barnsmore Gap and Ballintra G D Em A Then you got another bus at Sligo station D G A D And the Freestate writing spelt out Ballina Am G At Enniscrone the broad Atlantic D G A Meant that you hadn't far to go Dm C And when you saw the top of Nephin G A7 You knew you'd landed in Mayo N.C. D G A D God bless Mayo G A D A G A Friendly hands to take your hand and say he's bigger D G A D Hefty arms to hoist you high and hug you hard G D Em A Take the road through Crossmolina to the river D G A D And the sideroad takes you back to Garranard Am G And I knew every windy corner D G A Of the little fields below Dm C And every ripple of that river G A7 'Cross the stepping stones I'd go N.C. D G A D There in Mayo G A D A G A When the day came to go back, my heart was bleeding D G A D With a grief that seems relentless when you're small G D Em A They say every child should have his share of Eden D G A D But a city child needs Eden most of all Am G Back to the darkening streets of Derry D G A Broken hearted I must go Dm C Far from the splendour and the silence G A7 And the wonder of Mayo N.C. D G A D Farewell Mayo