{"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":361708,"song":"Factories","artist":"Damien Dempsey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11555826-factories-chords-by-damien-dempsey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/361708?type=chord","rating":4.77515,"votes":9,"content":"Factories - Damien Dempsey\r\n\r\nI was extremely surprised to find nobody had transcribed this fantastic song.\r\n\r\nThe song is actually played in what I think is drop D, but this is the standard tuning version.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFactories, trains and houses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlayground of my youth,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe place that left me mute,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTill I threw back my shoulders[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFactories, trains and houses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe place that makes songs strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd hurries you along,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome grow old very quickly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo star ever played the Cellar Bar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGlass and bottle fights,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe saw some crazy nights,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut then fights do excite you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm awoken by a,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHandbraked horn outside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI knew lads who died,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat sound chills me inside still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHowth Junction could take you away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the hayfields we'd squander the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the corner of Holywell Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee the sunset over St. Donagh's,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee the sunset over us all,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee the sunset over St. Donagh's[/tab]\r\n\r\nSome boys want to get me,\r\nBecause I hit one back,\r\nI still can hear the crack,\r\nof his head on the concrete\r\n\r\nDoing drugs and drinking,\r\nMakes you so depressed,\r\nThen you think you're blessed,\r\nWhen you're dropping a tablet\r\n\r\nTroubled years and fighting,\r\nmakes you sad you know,\r\nand mummy had to go,\r\nsure it's best in the long run\r\n\r\nHowth Junction could take you away,\r\nIn the hayfields we'd squander the day,\r\nFrom the corner of Holywell Road,\r\n\r\nSee the sunset over St. Donagh's,\r\nSee the sunset over us all,\r\nSee the sunset over St. Donagh's,\r\nSee the sunset over the wall","plain_text":"Factories - Damien Dempsey\n\nI was extremely surprised to find nobody had transcribed this fantastic song.\n\nThe song is actually played in what I think is drop D, but this is the standard tuning version.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome boys want to get me,\nBecause I hit one back,\nI still can hear the crack,\nof his head on the concrete\n\nDoing drugs and drinking,\nMakes you so depressed,\nThen you think you're blessed,\nWhen you're dropping a tablet\n\nTroubled years and fighting,\nmakes you sad you know,\nand mummy had to go,\nsure it's best in the long run\n\nHowth Junction could take you away,\nIn the hayfields we'd squander the day,\nFrom the corner of Holywell Road,\n\nSee the sunset over St. Donagh's,\nSee the sunset over us all,\nSee the sunset over St. Donagh's,\nSee the sunset over the wall","chords":["D","G","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}