The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Long Dim Road

Agony

        The Tossers are a seven-piece Celtic Punk band from Chicago. They formed in the early '90s (following in the wake of the Pogues) and have toured with Lost City Angels, Murphy's Law, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Dropkick Murphys, Lagwagon, and the Siderunners.  Their most recent release, Agony (Victory Records) came out in March 2007. Lead singer/songwriter Tony Duggins also released a solo cd of acoustic numbers in early 2006.  

        Read more about The Tossers on Last.fm.
    

C               F                 C             F
I met her up on Leeson Street of a Tuesday afternoon
     C               F         C              F
In Summer's fallen colours, sulking back to school
    C                    F          C               F
I asked her would she linger, She asked me would i stay
         C                 F       C             F
Would i keep a girl in company, drinking in the day?

   C         F
Drinking, Drinking
   C               F
Drinking... not thinking
   C         F
Drinking, Drinking
            C             F
We'll go drinking in the day

She was almost a woman, she was going on sixteen
She asked me to go walking, In Saint Stephen's Green
She said I love the sunshine, and to hear the children play.
But I won't be distracted when I'm drinking in the day.

With her flashing eyes and milk white lies she looked like a song
Like the ghost of a woman that first made me go wrong
She said I'll have a drink with you I said you'll have to pay
For a comprehensive education
Drinking in the day

Drinking, Drinking
Drinking and not thinking
Drinking, Drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

If her mother could have seen us on that bright November day
Botticelli and his angel perambulating Ormand Quay
A drunken blessed virgin, me rhetorious and gay
Bestowing ancient wisdom as to what made me this way

Deny your friends and family
To serve you must betray
Break and enter heaven
S teal but never save
Squander every penny
Empty every heart
Travel every darkened road
Never finish what you start
Always talk to strangers
Make love with whom you may
For God will find good company
for your drinking in the day

Drinking, drinking
Drinking and not thinking
Drinking, drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

So spend your youth on poetry, and spend your cash at play
Each line upon my face is for a girl who went away
A kiss, a song, are fleeting things and fame will always stray
So I'll tell the truth, the best spent youth, is the one you give away

Drinking, drinking
Drinking... not thinking
Drinking, drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

Drinking, drinking
Drinking... not thinking
Drinking, drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

Drinking, drinking
Drinking... not thinking
Drinking, drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

Drinking, drinking
Drinking... not thinking
Drinking, drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

Drinking, drinking
Drinking... not thinking
Drinking, drinking
We'll go drinking in the day

Drinking, drinking
Drinking... not thinking
Drinking...

Drinking In The Day

C                                           F
Well, tonight is our last night on Earth my friends,
C                                    Am
So let's sleep with the stars as our ceiling,
   C                     F
And kiss me one time and please make it good,
 C                    G          C
It could be our last night until morn.
C                                    F
Well I guess I know that I'll always be,
  C              Am
The one and only one for me,
C                                F
But I hope that this once we can dance this dance,
C                     G              C
What's to be seen now together we'll see.
C                                     F
Oh the train it rolls hard on the cold steel track,
C                           Am
But that's not the way that I'm goin,
C                               F
I will step on a dove, have her fly me above,
C                G         C
And freighter me back into home.
(Verse Chords Once Through as Instrumental)
C                                 F
Well tonight at the bottom of the deepest lake,
C                       Am
There's a pillow to bed down and slumber,
C                                    F
Just to falter our crowns, red beard blow the man down,
C                G           C
And let him come down to the heather.
C                                 F
Well tonight is the last night on Earth my friends,
C                      Am
So let's save this together forever,
C                        F
And all pause and yield, burn life through this field,
C                          G          C
Tonight's stars let's just spend them together.
C      F       C            Am
Oh low lie the fields of Athenry,
C                                          G
Where once we watched the small free birds fly,
C                   F     C                          G
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing,
G                                      C
Now it's lonely round the fields of Athenry.
C      F       C            Am
Oh low lie the fields of Athenry,
C                                          G
Where once we watched the small free birds fly,
C                   F     C                          G
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing,
G                                      C
Now it's lonely round the fields of Athenry,
G                                      C    F   C
Now it's lonely round the fields of Athenry.

A Night On Earth

G                            C              D
I'll take the bucket to the well, Siobhan, oh Siobhan.
G                                 D
For to boil your breakfast and to keep the cottage warm.
    G                                  C                    D       
And for the blend your whiskey, so you can drink it here at home,
   G                                         G     D      G
Oh please don't stay out all night long, for every pub to roam.

[Chorus:]
   G                                         D
Siobhan is on the whiskey, Siobhan is on the gin,
   G                                                      D 
Siobhan is drinking Red Bull and Vodka and won't be home again.
  G                                C               D
I stay up late here every night, although it is no sin,
  G                               G        D     G
Siobhan is on the whiskey and she won't be home again.

G                             C              D
Beautiful in go-go boots, she waltzes to the bar.
        G                                 D
And the boys they all surround her coming from the near and far.
  G                                 C                D
Although I am not allowed inside, I must stay in the car.
   G                                     G        D      G
Oh please be still my beating heart, she shimmers like a star.
    D                                 G
And in the din and dimmest light, she holds her court, you see.
  D                                  G
I wish for just one moment she would have a drink with me.
C                                    G
In the pub she is the center, like a life-affirming sun,
    A                                     D
and she is happy and she's warming, cause Siobhan is having fun.

Siobhan

C C F C F C G G x2

             C             C          F               C
Well oh, the green mountainsides over fields where we lay,
     C                   C             G                    G
Over sun-splashed orange skylines, my      , they bleed and scream.
      C                 C                  F            C
And I crush 'em wit' my boot heels, for no shells I can afford.
        F             C              G                 C
And I'm off to Dublin city, for I've lost our room and board.
      F                 F          C                   G
No, I couldn't join the army. If I died, what would we do?
   F               C                 G                 C
Me wife, she is my sunshine, but she knows not what we do.


C C F C F C G G


      C                 C               F                  C
To my dearest, sweetest Colleen, please forgive me for not calling.
  C                 C              G                  G
I regret you had to find this, the note that says I'm gone.
        C               C             F               C
Well, I hope you do not shun me, only ask that you forgive me.
       F                   C                 G                 C
It was bound to happen, as we both know. You know it had to be done.
           C            C                   F C
Well, take hold of tiny Kathleen. Take her       
              C            C                G              G
Well, there's money in the strongbox,      tickets in the car.
        C                C               F             C
I can't stand to see you crying, nor can you to see us dying.
           F              C                    G                   C
Well, I've gone to set it right. I know you'll think I've gone too far.
         F                  F                  C                    G
I cannot take this pressure on me. No one ever said it was in-store for me.
        F               C                   G                C
Well, I pray you do not shun me. I'm coming back, my dear Colleen.


C C F C F C G C

Wedding

VERSE:
     Am              G
Last night I lay all in my dreams,
       Am                 G
when a rap at the door it startled me.
      Am                    G
And I heard those footsteps on the stairs,
      C         G           Am
And I bade her; please come in.

CHORUS:
     Am              C
Come in, come in, my roving friend.
     Am          G Am
Come in and rest a while.
                        C
For you've been gone so very long,
     Am          G   Am
it's nice to see you smile.
                     C
Come in, come in, my wandering friend.
  Am         G    Am
Accept my welcome home.
                      C                           G       Am
I hope you can stay a long, long while before you have to go.

VERSE:
And she walked across the room to me,
and then she sat right down with me,
and told me that she had to leave.
She could not stay for long.

VERSE:
A child he held into his arms,
a child that I knew well through time,
and told me that he had to leave.
He had to take him home.

CHORUS

VERSE:
She crossed the floor and moved away,
and my heart said, "Stop her. Maker her stay."
But I just showered myself in tears,
for I just let her go.

VERSE:
When I awoke I cried and cried,
and went to sit by his graveside,
and visit the child he left behind.
Because he had to go.


    Am
You must come back to me again.
  Am
Accept the welcome I extend.
  Am
I will not let you go this time,
   C    G     Am
if only in my dreams
   C    G     Am
if only in my dreams
   C    G     Am
if only in my dreams.
     C     G     Am
Come to me in my dreams.

VERSE:
And yeah, though you walk ever on,
may your heart be not weary but strong.
And yeah, though you walk ever on,
through the valley of the shadow of death.

Valley Of The Shadow Of Death

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

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School Friends

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

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G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

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