Intro: E|-----3---5---6---7---7--------------|---5---7---7--------------| B|--------------------------3---5---5-|----------------3---5---5-| G|---4---5---6---7---7----4---5---5---|-5---7---7----4---5---5---| D|------------------------------------|--------------------------| A|------------------------------------|--------------------------| E|------------------------------------|--------------------------| Main riff: E|---5---7---7--------------| B|----------------3---5---5-| G|-5---7---7----4---5---5---| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|--------------------------| Chords: -Intro- G C Well I didn't see much future G C When I left the Christian brothers school G C So I waved it goodbye with a wistful smile G C And I left the girls of Tuam G C And sometimes when I'm reminiscing G C I see the prefabs and my old friends G C And I know that they'll be changed or gone G C By the time I get home again Chorus: G C D And I wish I was on that N 17 D Stone walls and the grasses green G C D Yes I wish I was on that N 17 D Stone walls and the grasses green F C G Travelling with just my thoughts and dreams -shortened intro- G C Well the old fella left me to Shannon G C Was the last time I travelled that road G C and as we turned left at Claregalway G C I could feel a lump in my throat G C As I pictured the thousands of times G C That I'd travelled that well worn track G C And I know that things will be different G C If I ever decide to go back -Chorus- Solo: e|-----|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------| B|-----|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------| G|-----|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------| D|-----|---------------5-------|--------------5-------|---------------5-------|---------------5---| A|-----|---5-----55--7--5-77---|--5-----55--7--5-77---|---5-----55--7--5-77---|---5-----55--7--5-7| E|5hold|-7--5-77-------------55|7--5-77-------------55|-7--5-77-------------5-|-7--5-77-----------| G C Now as I tumble down highways G C Or filthy overcrowded trains G C There's no one to talk to in transit G C So I sit there and daydream in vain G C And behind all these muddled up problems G C Of living on a foreign soil G C I can still see the twists and turns in the road G C From the square to the town of the tribes -Chorus- -Intro- -Main riff til the end-