Damien Dempsey Industrial School Double Drop-d tuning D-A-D-G-B-d Acoustic C Cadd9 G G7 Am7 D d|------0---------0---------0---------3---------2--------0--------| B|------1---------1---------0---------0---------1--------3--------| G|------0---------0---------0---------0---------0--------2--------| D|------2---------0---------5---------5---------2--------0--------| A|------3---------3---------5---------5---------0--------0--------| D|------x---------x---------5---------5---------x--------0--------| [There are some lift offs & hammers ons on the middle D-string on C & Cadd9 & aswell as the d-string on the Am7, just listen out the others when playing the chords] Intro : C - - - - Cadd9 - - - - G - - - - G7 x2 Verse :

^CI missed a day or two of ^Cadd9school, ^Gbecause I was called a ^G7fool ^CAnd beat around the p^Cadd9lace, be^Gcause I was staring ^G7into space

^CHe stole a little bit of ^Cadd9coal, be^Gcause his flat was ^G7cold ^CThere's mountains of coal on the ^Cadd9docks

^GHe took some and rain into the ^G7cops And^Am7 now we're packed off to ^Dschool

^Am7Industrial school We'll learn the ^Dmeaning of the word, meaning of the word

^Am7And now we're locked up in s^Dchool ^Am7Industrial school

We'll learn the m^Deaning of the word cruel

Chorus :

^Am7Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali, ^DTooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi,

^Am7Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali, ^DTooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi

[Just follows the same chords pattern] My uncle was sent to Daingean My Granda to Letterfrack And the child that was locked up there Never did come back Some were raped and some were tortured Some beaten and abused, Frightened little children, so lonely and so confused Now the Irish have their stories and their music that’s passed on From distant generations, who were kept down for so long But they also have the madness, child abuse and rage Sexual frustration passed down from another age Their language land and culture, their ancient pride was lost, And sexual repression was what religion cost. We have to break the cycle, cos it’s still passed down boss We have to break the cycle before any more kids are lost

Damien Dempsey - Industrial school