Anthony John Clarke - Irish eyes

John's ^Cfamily, it was ^Dmeverything And the ^Emchildren were his ^Flife And the ^Cneighbours always spoke of John so ^Gwell For once the ^Ccards stacked in his ^Dmfavour And the ^Emoffer came his ^Fway Twenty ^Cpounds for one night's ^Gwork, he might as ^Cwell ^G

John drove his lorry down an ^Cempty road From ^FCarryduff through ^CSaintfield, Tolly^Gmore But they ^Cfound poor John's ^Dmbody On the ^Emside of the lonely ^Froad And the ^Cneighbours heard the ^Gpolice tap on the ^Cdoor ^{Dm Em F C G}

Well, the ^Cpolice they took the ^Dmphone call It said ^Emthere'd been some mis^Ftake And a^Cpologies were sent to all con^Gcerned Two hooded ^Cmen had stopped John's ^Dmlorry On the ^Emside of the lonely ^Froad But their ^Cbullet had been ^Gmeant for someone ^Celse ^G

John's family tried to under^Cstand it They ^Fprayed in church for ^Cstrength to pull them ^Gthrough But ^Cthey'd been seeing ^Dmlorries On the ^Emsides of the lonely ^Froads From ^CNineteen Sixty-N^Gine to Ninety-^CTwo ^G

This ain't no precious song about ^CIreland So ^Fdon't you dare mis^Ctake it For the ones that you whistle when you're going ^Ghome It's not all ^Cleaving from some ^Dmharbour It's not all ^Emstep into my ^Fparlour Why should ^CIrish Eyes keep ^Gsmiling through it ^Call? ^{Dm Em F C G}

Well, there ^Cwere investi^Dmgations Five ^Emminutes on the ^Fnews And the ^Cmass card wore a picture of John's ^Gface There was ^Coutrage ^Dm Two ^Emletters in the ^Fpaper And ^Cboth sides of the ^Gfence, they sensed dis^Cgrace ^G

And sure enough there were e^Clections Fa^Fmiliar cowboys ^Ctried to steal the ^Gshow Men ^Cspoke of changing ^Dmattitudes While ^Emthirteen tired ^Fplatitudes Pushed ^Chope and poor John's ^Glorry off the ^Croad ^G

This ain't no precious song about ^CIreland So ^Fdon't you dare mis^Ctake it For the ones that you whistle when you're going ^Ghome It's not all ^Cleaving from some ^Dmharbour It's not all ^Emstep into my ^Fparlour Why should ^CIrish Eyes keep ^Gsmiling? Why should ^CIrish Eyes keep ^Gsmiling through it ^Call? ^{Dm Em F C G}