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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- 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
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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
x2
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
D
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
D
We'll learn the meaning of the word cruel
Chorus :
Am7
Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,
D
Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi,
Am7
Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,
D
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
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
x2
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
D
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
D
We'll learn the meaning of the word cruel
Chorus :
Am7
Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,
D
Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi,
Am7
Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali,
D
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
Damso
Dan + Shay
Dan And Drum
Dan And Phil
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