Song For Rosemary

F# D#m B F# F# D#m B F# F# D#m B F# Well I stand with my father, an 800 year old grave F# D#m B F# And I push past the dirt, see his grandfather's name F# D#m B F# Some died in The Famine, some died in New York F# D#m B F# I stand with my father where his grandmother was born F# D#m B F# I head down to Galway, the city I lost F# D#m B F# Try and find some of these girls, that inspired these songs F# D#m B F# And the beggars, and the dealers they were plenty I'm sure F# D#m B F# But I politely declined all their hangover cures F# D#m B F# The next morning I woke to the air of the Ire' F# D#m B F# With my old rusty bike I took down to the water F# D#m B F# There a cross it stood still a foot or two deep F# D#m B F# For the first time in my life, I may have actually believed F# D#m B F# So to Westy, Jim Lockey, The Starters, and Stu F# D#m B F# You gave punk rock so punk rock I gave you F# D#m B F# To girls down at Lockdown, I toast you every night F# D#m B F# Hope you're making me proud keeping this scene alive F# D#m B F# F# D#m B F# F# D#m B F# If you ever make it to the new eastern coast F# D#m B F# I'll be there to greet you, my home is your home F# D#m B F# Cause you made me the happiest I've ever been F# D#m B F# Without you I'm limbless, I've got no Steady F# D#m B F# There's a Libertine in Dublin, she's captured my soul F# D#m B F# If I can't have her, I'd rather be alone F# D#m B F# If you're ever stumbling down old Blackwood Road F# D#m B F# Tell her I'll be back soon, cause I'm bringing her home F# D#m B F# There's a Libertine in Dublin, she's captured my soul F# D#m B F# If I can't have her, I'd rather be alone F# D#m B F# If you're ever stumbling down old Blackwood Road F# D#m B F# Tell her I'll be back soon, cause I'm bringing her home F# D#m B F# There's a Libertine in Dublin, she's captured my soul F# D#m B F# If I can't have her, I'd rather be alone F# D#m B F# If you're ever stumbling down old Blackwood Road F# D#m B F# Tell her I'll be back soon, cause I'm bringing her home