Biography:
Damien Dempsey (born 1975 in Donaghmede, Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social commentary on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society. He sings in English, and to a lesser extent in Irish.
Dempsey's earliest musical influences were the post-pub singsongs that his parents used to have at their home when he was a toddler. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone had to sing.
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Other songs:
- Your Pretty Smile
- Sing All Our Cares Away
- Apple Of My Eye
- Bad Time Garda
- Bottle Talk
- Bustin Outta Here
- Canadian Geese Live
- Cardboard City
- Chase The Light
- Colony
- Factories
- Ghosts Of Overdoses
- Go To Sea No More
- Hold Me
- Industrial School
- Its All Good
- Jar Song
- Kelly From Killane
- Negative Vibes
- Not On Your Own Tonight
- Party On
- Patience
- Sam Jenkins
- Schooldays Over
- Seize The Day
- Sing All Your Cares Away
- Spraypaint Backalley
- St Patricks Day
- We Need Community
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Damien Dempsey
Cardboard City
Acoustic
Chords:
E G A(I) A D
E|------0---------3---------0---------0---------2--------|
B|------0---------3---------5---------2---------3--------|
G|------1---------4---------6---------2---------2--------|
D|------2---------5---------7---------2---------0--------|
A|------2---------5---------7---------0---------x--------|
E|------0---------3---------0---------x---------x--------|
Intro:
E - - - - G - - - - A(I) x2
Verse I:
E G A
Down on the streets & the wind was blowing hard
E G A
And Cardboard City was growing yard by yard
E G A
Well the people had it bad, there lives had gone sour
E G A
They had been swept aside like dirt because others hungered for power
Chorus:
E - - - - D - - - - A
Going down
E D - - - - A
To Cardboard City I'm going down
E D - - - - A
Ta Cardboard City Down & out
E D - - - - A
In Cardboard City
Verse II:
E G A
What you have to understand is that they are human as well
E G A
They are living flesh & blood there not just lost souls from hell
E G A
They don't wanna be in big boxes, in an impoverishment
E G A
You need some cash to get a place & you need a place to get a job
*Repeat Chorus*
Verse III:
E G A
Its a vicious circle & you cannot just bail out
E G A
You cannot worry for about a job cause you need food in your mouth
E G A
Just surviving day to day is about the the hardest thing
E G A
You'd get fond of the bottle if you can try to forget everything
**Repeat Chorus**
Outro:
E - - - - G - - - - A
_____________________________________________________________________________
Hope it sounds good enough.
I uploaded it on youtube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obSuJf7onpw&list=UUXLCHhJE9Ie8bkvJl9xWfug&index=1&feature=plcp
love it ! Keeping me going till Almighty Love is out !!!
Cardboard City
Acoustic
Chords:
E G A(I) A D
E|------0---------3---------0---------0---------2--------|
B|------0---------3---------5---------2---------3--------|
G|------1---------4---------6---------2---------2--------|
D|------2---------5---------7---------2---------0--------|
A|------2---------5---------7---------0---------x--------|
E|------0---------3---------0---------x---------x--------|
Intro:
E - - - - G - - - - A(I) x2
Verse I:
E G A
Down on the streets & the wind was blowing hard
E G A
And Cardboard City was growing yard by yard
E G A
Well the people had it bad, there lives had gone sour
E G A
They had been swept aside like dirt because others hungered for power
Chorus:
E - - - - D - - - - A
Going down
E D - - - - A
To Cardboard City I'm going down
E D - - - - A
Ta Cardboard City Down & out
E D - - - - A
In Cardboard City
Verse II:
E G A
What you have to understand is that they are human as well
E G A
They are living flesh & blood there not just lost souls from hell
E G A
They don't wanna be in big boxes, in an impoverishment
E G A
You need some cash to get a place & you need a place to get a job
*Repeat Chorus*
Verse III:
E G A
Its a vicious circle & you cannot just bail out
E G A
You cannot worry for about a job cause you need food in your mouth
E G A
Just surviving day to day is about the the hardest thing
E G A
You'd get fond of the bottle if you can try to forget everything
**Repeat Chorus**
Outro:
E - - - - G - - - - A
_____________________________________________________________________________
Hope it sounds good enough.
I uploaded it on youtube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obSuJf7onpw&list=UUXLCHhJE9Ie8bkvJl9xWfug&index=1&feature=plcp
love it ! Keeping me going till Almighty Love is out !!!
Damso
Dan + Shay
Dan And Drum
Dan And Phil
Dan Andersen