Biography:
Anthony John Clarke was born in Ireland, he began writing songs at the age of nine. He is a talented singer/songwriter and is often described as one of the folk scenes nicest guys.
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Other songs:
- All In The Song
- An Acquaintance Of Mine
- As Good As It Gets
- Banjo Antarctica
- Between Midnight And Blue
- Blue
- Come Upstairs
- Danni And Mr Adams 1967
- Darling
- Day Too Long
- Easy Piano
- If Id Only Learned To Dance
- If Theres A Next Time
- Im My Own Grandpa
- Irish Eyes
- It Was All Rock And Roll Then
- Julie Brown
- May
- My Good Old Days
- My My Juliet
- No Use Us Arguing Now
- Of Course I Will
- One Night Stand
- Short Weekend
- Sing A Chorus With Me
- Smooth Old Talk
- The Broken Years
- The Great Southside Twins
- The High Road
- The Only Life Gloria Knows
- The Wrong Way Round
- Tomorrow The Sorrow Begins
- Tuesday Night Is Always Karaoke
- Twelve Verses
- Walking On Sunday
- Waltz Me Away
- Will You Sing A Chorus With Me
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*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****
Anthony John Clarke - Irish Eyes
[Intro]
C Dm Em F C G
[Verse 1]
C Dm
John's family, it was everything
Em F
And the children were his life
C G
And the neighbours always spoke of John so well
C Dm
For once the cards stacked in his favour
Em F
And the offer came his way
C G C G
Twenty pounds for one night's work, he might as well
[Verse 2]
C
John drove his lorry down an empty road
F C G
From Carryduff through Saintfield, Tollymore
C Dm
But they found poor John's body
Em F
On the side of the lonely road
C G C Dm Em F C G
And the neighbours heard the police tap on the door
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Well, the police they took the phone call
Em F
It said there'd been some mistake
C G
And apologies were sent to all concerned
C Dm
Two hooded men had stopped John's lorry
Em F
On the side of the lonely road
C G C G
But their bullet had been meant for someone else
[Verse 4]
C
John's family tried to understand it
F C G
They prayed in church for strength to pull them through
C Dm
But they'd been seeing lorries
Em F
On the sides of the lonely roads
C G C G
From Nineteen Sixty-Nine to Ninety-Two
[Chorus]
C
This ain't no precious song about Ireland
F C
So don't you dare mistake it
G
For the ones that you whistle when you're going home
C Dm
It's not all leaving from some harbour
Em F
It's not all step into my parlour
C G C Dm Em F C G
Why should Irish Eyes keep smiling through it all?
[Verse 5]
C Dm
Well, there were investigations
Em F
Five minutes on the news
C G
And the mass card wore a picture of John's face
C Dm
There was outrage
Em F
Two letters in the paper
C G C G
And both sides of the fence, they sensed disgrace
[Verse 6]
C
And sure enough there were elections
F C G
Familiar cowboys tried to steal the show
C Dm
Men spoke of changing attitudes
Em F
While thirteen tired platitudes
C G C G
Pushed hope and poor John's lorry off the road
[Chorus]
C
This ain't no precious song about Ireland
F C
So don't you dare mistake it
G
For the ones that you whistle when you're going home
C Dm
It's not all leaving from some harbour
Em F
It's not all step into my parlour
C G
Why should Irish Eyes keep smiling?
C G C Dm Em F C G
Why should Irish Eyes keep smiling through it all?
Anthony John Clarke - Irish Eyes
[Intro]
C Dm Em F C G
[Verse 1]
C Dm
John's family, it was everything
Em F
And the children were his life
C G
And the neighbours always spoke of John so well
C Dm
For once the cards stacked in his favour
Em F
And the offer came his way
C G C G
Twenty pounds for one night's work, he might as well
[Verse 2]
C
John drove his lorry down an empty road
F C G
From Carryduff through Saintfield, Tollymore
C Dm
But they found poor John's body
Em F
On the side of the lonely road
C G C Dm Em F C G
And the neighbours heard the police tap on the door
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Well, the police they took the phone call
Em F
It said there'd been some mistake
C G
And apologies were sent to all concerned
C Dm
Two hooded men had stopped John's lorry
Em F
On the side of the lonely road
C G C G
But their bullet had been meant for someone else
[Verse 4]
C
John's family tried to understand it
F C G
They prayed in church for strength to pull them through
C Dm
But they'd been seeing lorries
Em F
On the sides of the lonely roads
C G C G
From Nineteen Sixty-Nine to Ninety-Two
[Chorus]
C
This ain't no precious song about Ireland
F C
So don't you dare mistake it
G
For the ones that you whistle when you're going home
C Dm
It's not all leaving from some harbour
Em F
It's not all step into my parlour
C G C Dm Em F C G
Why should Irish Eyes keep smiling through it all?
[Verse 5]
C Dm
Well, there were investigations
Em F
Five minutes on the news
C G
And the mass card wore a picture of John's face
C Dm
There was outrage
Em F
Two letters in the paper
C G C G
And both sides of the fence, they sensed disgrace
[Verse 6]
C
And sure enough there were elections
F C G
Familiar cowboys tried to steal the show
C Dm
Men spoke of changing attitudes
Em F
While thirteen tired platitudes
C G C G
Pushed hope and poor John's lorry off the road
[Chorus]
C
This ain't no precious song about Ireland
F C
So don't you dare mistake it
G
For the ones that you whistle when you're going home
C Dm
It's not all leaving from some harbour
Em F
It's not all step into my parlour
C G
Why should Irish Eyes keep smiling?
C G C Dm Em F C G
Why should Irish Eyes keep smiling through it all?
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