Auf Wiedersehen To Crossmaglen Chords

[Chorus]
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So Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
G              A
Farewell Carrickmore;
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I've seen enough of Ireland boys
      G        Em       A
And I won't be back for more!
      G       A        D
No I won't be back for more!
 
[Verse 1]
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The recruiting sergeant told me ’Son,
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The army life is fine’
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But he did not mention mortar bombs
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Or the bloody Claymore Mines!
 
[Chorus]
       D     G        D      Bm
So Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
G              A
Farewell Carrickmore;
     G     A        D       Bm
I've seen enough of Ireland boys
      G        Em       A
And I won't be back for more!
      G       A        D
No I won't be back for more!
 
[Verse 2]
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He told me of the German girls;
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In the discos every night
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But the only craic in South Ar magh
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Comes from an arma lite!
 
[Chorus]
       D     G        D      Bm
So Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
G              A
Farewell Carrickmore;
     G     A        D       Bm
I've seen enough of Ireland boys
      G        Em       A
And I won't be back for more!
      G       A        D
No I won't be back for more!
 
[Verse 3]
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Well I spent some time on the Toomebridge line, 
        G                    A
Where I thought I'd known no fears,
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Till a van bomb it parked outside the Lisburn base,
                Em          G            A
And brought the barracks in around their ears,
 
[Chorus]
       D     G        D      Bm
So Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
G              A
Farewell Carrickmore;
     G     A        D       Bm
I've seen enough of Ireland boys
      G        Em       A
And I won't be back for more!
      G       A        D
No I won't be back for more!
 
[Verse 4]
       D       G       D        Bm
So farewell at last to West Bel fast
       G               A
To the Markets and the Falls
  G       A       D       Bm
I quickly got the message there
       Em      G      A
It was written on the walls
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Brits Out!
 
[Chorus]
       D     G        D      Bm
So Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
G              A
Farewell Carrickmore;
     G     A        D       Bm
I've seen enough of Ireland boys
      G        Em       A
And I won't be back for more!
      G       A        D
No I won't be back for more!
 
[Instrumental Verse]
 
[Verse 4]
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So come all you young lads though in England you may be
G              A
Signing on the brew
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Just Stay well away from the IR A
    Em         G      A
And they won't bother you...
 
[Chorus]
       D     G        D      Bm
So Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
G              A
Farewell Carrickmore;
     G     A        D       Bm
I've seen enough of Ireland boys
      G        Em       A
And I won't be back for more!
      G       A        D
No I won't be back for more!
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