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Damien Dempsey 
Industrial School
Double Drop-d tuning
D-A-D-G-B-d
Acoustic
d|------C0--------Cadd9-0---------G0--------G7-3--------Am7-2--------D0--------|
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 pCadd9lace, beGcause I was staring G7into space
CHe stole a little bit of Cadd9coal, beGcause his flat was G7cold
CThere's mountains of coal on the Cadd9docks
GHe took some and rain into the G7cops
And Am7now 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 sDchool
Am7Industrial school
We'll learn the mDeaning 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

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Industrial School

by Damien Dempsey

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Cadd9

Am7

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

Verse :

C Cadd9 G G7

I missed a day or two of school, because I was called a fool

C Cadd9 G G7

And beat around the place, because I was staring into space

C Cadd9 G G7

He stole a little bit of coal, because his flat was cold

C Cadd9

There's mountains of coal on the docks

G G7

He took some and rain into the cops

Am7 D

And now we're packed off to school

Am7

Industrial school

We'll learn the meaning of the word, meaning of the word

Am7 D

And now we're locked up in school

Am7

Industrial school

We'll learn the meaning of the word cruel

Chorus :

Am7

Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,

Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi,

Am7

Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,

Tooralooraloo, 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

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