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[Intro]
 E   E7   E6x4
[Verse 1]
EThere's a man on the ruE7nE6  
And he's never been caught
EHe moves at the speedE7  E6  
Of the power of thought
And he carries the nAews
In a gleam of his eye
That what you've been Etold
Is a kind of a lie
[Chorus]
His eCnemies number fallen priests
MAen of power and the crooked police
GCynics from the skool of hard knocks
And a Amotley crowd of mis-matched other old crocks
Who're never ever gonna E7catch
The Connemara Fox
[Verse 2]
They chased him in ECong
They missed him in EMaam
He was already goneE  
Never giving a damnE  
Wanted dead or aAlive
Up the back of of Dog's ABay
But by the time they arErived
He was leagues awayE  
[Chorus]
In an oCyster bar playing dominoes
And the Aonly clues he left his foes
Were a Gfistful of dust, a change of the locks
The wordAs of a Kris Kristoffersen song, a pair of old socks
And graffiti saying Eso long, suckers
Love, the Connemara EFox
[Verse 3]
He was in BunnahEown
On the day of the fEair
When ship-like clouEds
Sailed the summer aEir
And a bodhran thumpAed
And a saxophone plaAyed
As the people jumpeEd
And danced at the sEide of the bay
[Chorus]
They saCy he had long elegant fingers
And when Ahe was gone magic lingered
A bolt Gof love that stopped the clocks
From the Avillage lane where the washing hung to the city blocks
The name on every tEongue
Was the Connemara FEox
[Verse 4]
He left a diktatE  
On the priest's winEdow sill
It said "Crough PaaEaatrick, Sonny
Is the paganest hilEl
In the whole lump of AIreland
It shone with green Alight
That's why they burEied its power
Under Christian ritEes
[Chorus]
And thaCt bogus name to which it never belonged
That you Acan't even rhyme in a spell or a song
You're Gtrying to put life back into the box"
And the Apriest ran out with a scream in the night in his cap and frocks
He never even caughEt sight
Of the Connemara FoEx
[Verse 5]
He'll be where there is Emusic
He'll be where there is Ecrack
He'll be howling the Eblues
In the yard out Eback
He'll be down in the ACladdagh
Playin' pitch and Atoss
He says guilt's an impEoster, baby
You been double-cErossed
[Chorus]
And jusCt when you think you've got him pegged
All you'All see are the backs of his legs
A shadGow passing way over the rocks
A wAisp of hair, a ghostly snatch of the sound of a box
No one's ever gonna Ecatch
The Connemara FEox
The Connemara EFox
The Connemara EFox
The Connemara EFox
The Connemara EFox

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The Connemara Fox

by The Waterboys

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[Intro]

E E7 E6

[Verse 1]

E E7 E6

There's a man on the run

And he's never been caught

E E7 E6

He moves at the speed

Of the power of thought

And he carries the news

In a gleam of his eye

That what you've been told

Is a kind of a lie

[Chorus]

His enemies number fallen priests

Men of power and the crooked police

Cynics from the skool of hard knocks

And a motley crowd of mis-matched other old crocks

Who're never ever gonna catch

The Connemara Fox

[Verse 2]

They chased him in Cong

They missed him in Maam

He was already gone

Never giving a damn

Wanted dead or alive

Up the back of of Dog's Bay

But by the time they arrived

He was leagues away

[Chorus]

In an oyster bar playing dominoes

And the only clues he left his foes

Were a fistful of dust, a change of the locks

The words of a Kris Kristoffersen song, a pair of old socks

And graffiti saying so long, suckers

Love, the Connemara Fox

[Verse 3]

He was in Bunnahown

On the day of the fair

When ship-like clouds

Sailed the summer air

And a bodhran thumped

And a saxophone played

As the people jumped

And danced at the side of the bay

[Chorus]

They say he had long elegant fingers

And when he was gone magic lingered

A bolt of love that stopped the clocks

From the village lane where the washing hung to the city blocks

The name on every tongue

Was the Connemara Fox

[Verse 4]

He left a diktat

On the priest's window sill

It said "Crough Paaaatrick, Sonny

Is the paganest hill

In the whole lump of Ireland

It shone with green light

That's why they buried its power

Under Christian rites

[Chorus]

And that bogus name to which it never belonged

That you can't even rhyme in a spell or a song

You're trying to put life back into the box"

And the priest ran out with a scream in the night in his cap and frocks

He never even caught sight

Of the Connemara Fox

[Verse 5]

He'll be where there is music

He'll be where there is crack

He'll be howling the blues

In the yard out back

He'll be down in the Claddagh

Playin' pitch and toss

He says guilt's an imposter, baby

You been double-crossed

[Chorus]

And just when you think you've got him pegged

All you'll see are the backs of his legs

A shadow passing way over the rocks

A wisp of hair, a ghostly snatch of the sound of a box

No one's ever gonna catch

The Connemara Fox

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