Biography:
The Divine Comedy is a baroque pop band now based in Dublin, Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon.
Neil Hannon, Originally from Derry, has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success though. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) - were to follow
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Other songs:
- Catherine The Great
- Funny Peculiar
- Have You Ever Been In Love
- How Can You Leave Me On My Own
- I Joined The Foreign Legion (to Forget)
- Neapolitan Girl
- A Desperate Man
- A Lady Of A Certain Age
- Absent Friends
- At The Indie Disco
- Bad Ambassador
- Becoming More Like Alfie
- Come Home Billy Bird
- Down In The Streets Below
- Everyone Knows Except You
- Eye Of The Needle
- I Joined The Foreign Legion To Forget
- I Like
- If
- Love What You Do
- Mastermind
- Mother Dear
- National Express
- Our Mutual Friend
- Perfect Lovesong
- Songs Of Love
- Summerhouse
- Sunrise
- The Light Of Day
- The Pact
- To Die A Virgin
- To The Rescue
- Tonight We Fly
- Woman Of The World
- Your Daddys Car
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!
Verse 1
C Am F G
I was born in Londonderry
Em C Am F G
I was born in Derry City too
Em Am F
Oh what a special child
G Am Em G
To see such things and still to smile
C F G Am
I knew that there was something wrong
C F G Em G
But I kept my head down and carried on
Verse 2
C Am F G
I grew up in Enniskillen
Em C Am F G
I grew up in Inis Ceithleann too
Em Am F
Oh what a clever boy
G Am Em G
To watch your hometown be destroyed
C F G Am
I know that I could not stay long
C F G Em G
So I kept my head down and carried on
Verse 3
C Am F G
Who cares where national borders lie?
Em C Am F
Who cares whose laws you're governed by?
G Em Am F
Who cares what name you call a town?
F G F G C
Who'll care when you're six feet beneath the ground?
Verse 4
C F G Am
From the corner of my eye
C F G Am
A hint of blue in the black sky
C F G Am
A ray of hope, a beam of light
C F G Am
An end to thirty years of night
C F G Am
The church bells ring, the children sing
C F G Am
What is this strange and beautiful thing?
Verse 5
C F G
It's the sunrise
Am C F G
Can you see the sunrise?
Am C F G Am
I can see the sunrise
C F G Am C
It's the sun rising
C Am F G
I was born in Londonderry
Em C Am F G
I was born in Derry City too
Em Am F
Oh what a special child
G Am Em G
To see such things and still to smile
C F G Am
I knew that there was something wrong
C F G Em G
But I kept my head down and carried on
Verse 2
C Am F G
I grew up in Enniskillen
Em C Am F G
I grew up in Inis Ceithleann too
Em Am F
Oh what a clever boy
G Am Em G
To watch your hometown be destroyed
C F G Am
I know that I could not stay long
C F G Em G
So I kept my head down and carried on
Verse 3
C Am F G
Who cares where national borders lie?
Em C Am F
Who cares whose laws you're governed by?
G Em Am F
Who cares what name you call a town?
F G F G C
Who'll care when you're six feet beneath the ground?
Verse 4
C F G Am
From the corner of my eye
C F G Am
A hint of blue in the black sky
C F G Am
A ray of hope, a beam of light
C F G Am
An end to thirty years of night
C F G Am
The church bells ring, the children sing
C F G Am
What is this strange and beautiful thing?
Verse 5
C F G
It's the sunrise
Am C F G
Can you see the sunrise?
Am C F G Am
I can see the sunrise
C F G Am C
It's the sun rising
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