FROM CLARE TO HERE (Ralph McTell)
[This is Nanci Griffith's version.]
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[Actually in G; capo 7.]
[Notes in parentheses are quiet or nonexistent.]
[By the way, in the first line of lyrics, "craic" (pronounced like
"crack") is an Irish word meaning good times, fun, partying, etc.]
Am(9) C/G Fmaj9 G Am7 Am(9)
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|------1-------1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------4---|
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|-(2)------2-----|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[intro]
Am(9) C/G Fmaj9 G C C(4) C
|0---------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|--------|
|------1-0-----1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|---1---1|
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|-2---2--|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---|
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[intro]
Fmaj9 Fmaj9 C G(9) G
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|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Four who shared this room, we were caught up in the craic
Fmaj9 Fmaj9 C C/G G
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0------(0)|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3------(3)------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Sleeping late on Sundays and we never got to mass, and
Fmaj9 G C C(4) C
|--------0---0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1-------3-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-----1---|
|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0---------0-|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|--2-------2-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long way from Clare to here
Fmaj9 G E7/G# Am(9) Am(9)/G C/G
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|------1---------|3----(0)----0---|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-----------|----0-----------|----4-------4---|----4-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-2---|
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|3-------4-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long way from Clare to here
Fmaj9 Esus4 Am(9) Am(9)/G Fmaj9
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|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|0-------0-------|--------3-------|1-------1-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
Fmaj9 G Am(9) Am(9) Am(9)/G
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|0---------------|
|------1-------1-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----4-------4---|----4---4---4---|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long long way from Clare to here
Fmaj9 Fmaj9 C G
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|--------3-------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Friday comes around, we're only into fighting
Fmaj9 Fmaj9 C G
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
My ma would like a letter home, but I'm too tired for writing
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It almost breaks my heart when I think of my family
I told them I'd be coming home with my pockets full of greens
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
F G C - G C
The only time I feel all right is when I'm into drinking
F G C - G/B Am - Am/G
It can sort of ease the pain of it and it levels out my thinking
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
I sometimes hear the fiddles play; maybe it's just a notion
I dream I see white horses dance upon that other ocean
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
[Ending: Fmaj9 G Am(9).]
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/
