{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2425789,"song":"Toora Loora Lay","artist":"Celtic Thunder","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11498472-toora-loora-lay-chords-by-celtic-thunder/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2425789?type=chord","rating":4.67655,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI woke upon a Sunday morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTired eyes to great the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nA rucksack full of expectations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nUp on dreary Langton Way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe train awaiting on the platform[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe diesel humming high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nA one way ticket stamped for freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTime for just one last goodbye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake it New York City, San Francisco, Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been praying I've been waiting mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor this faithful day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTook passage on the early water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWaved the mainland sweet goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLit a cigarettte above on top deck'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatched the seagulls soar the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI woke up to the sound of laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the strangers passing by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nStepped upon the land of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand had myself a smile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake it New York City, San Francisco, Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been praying I've been waiting mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor this faithful day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMet a sham from Blarney, ginger red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a New York City street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was asking if I'd seen the hurling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how the hell we'd meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt a bar in Queens[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe knew a man that came from my hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen he borrowed twenty dollars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill his pay day came around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake it New York City, San Francisco, Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been praying I've been waiting mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor this faithful day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got some work by Sydney Harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a firm from Antrim town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were digging up the paving stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaying concrete piping down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFound a place up on the hill for pints[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere they said you'd have to craic[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey were singing toora looralay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying we're never going back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake it New York City, San Francisco, Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been praying I've been waiting mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor this faithful day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake it New York City, San Francisco, Botany Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been praying I've been waiting mister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor this faithful day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nToora loora lay[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A","Em","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}