Falling Out North Street by Cathal Coughlan
From the Cathal Coughlan’s 2021 Song of Co-Aklan album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[Gm7] [C7] (x2)
VERSE 1
[Gm7] The old encyclo [C7] paedias
[Gm7] Their shelf-space [C7] reassigned
[Am] To dust and broken [Am7] 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 [Am7] cloudless
[Gm7] ’til the sightless downward [C7] climb
[Dm7] Some books on boggy [Gm7] lake shores
[Dm7] Their pages smeared and [C7/E] lobed (as we’re)
CHORUS 1
[F] Falling out [C7] North Street
Where the [F] town came to an [C7] end
In [Am7] Saint Brigid [Gm7] crosses
And the [Bbm] punctures we can’t [Fm] mend
VERSE 2
[Gm7] ‘Mid sheets grown drenched and [C7] clinging
[Gm7] The sighing all the [C7] day
[Am] You woke up for some [Am7] 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 [Am7] estates
[Gm7] The whipcrack, milk on [C7] wheels
[Dm7] You sank down [Gm7] in the wetlands
[Dm7] Through the rushes and the [C7/E] black sand (and we’re)
CHORUS 2
[F] Falling out [C7] North Street
With some [F] faded pre-war [C7] flag
[Am7] Both of us [Gm7] laughing
The [Dm7] world’s in on our [C7] gag (and we’re)
CHORUS 3
[F] Falling out [C7] North Street
As the [F] kids stream out of [C7] school
Our [Am7] eyes wild and [Gm7] misty
We [Bbm] lords of sad mis [Fm] rule [E7]