Intro
[Riff] (x2)
e|----0--------------------|----0-------3-2-0--------|
B|2-3----------------------|2-3-----2-3--------------|
G|------2-0-2-4-2-0-2------|------2------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F# B C# (x4)
[Verse 1]
F# B C#
In Belfast 1924, he has to leave home
F# B C#
Working on a merchant ship, waiting just to jump ship
F# B C#
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
F# B C#
Out on the canefields, summer 1926
F# B N.C. [harmonic on 12th fret]
Boy's only 16, how's he gonna start his dream
[Chorus]
F# B C#
Mind and soul have gone stale
F# B C#
Is that all there is to it James Dale
[Verse 2]
F# B C#
He fell in love in 1938, their first child and a world war
F# B C#
He's leaving home in a uniform, how's he gonna start his dreams
F# B N.C. [harmonic on 12th fret]
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
[Chorus]
F# B C#
Love of life has gone stale
F# B C#
Blood runs deep like gold James Dale
[Bridge]
A#m D# B C#
I can see you now, a photograph, a dog and a rusty car
A#m D# B C#
I can see you now, a sunburnt face, your back against the wall
[Solo]
F# B C# (x2)
[Riff] (x2)
e|----0--------------------|----0-------3-2-0--------|
B|2-3----------------------|2-3-----2-3--------------|
G|------2-0-2-4-2-0-2------|------2------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Outro]
F# B C#
Mind and soul have gone stale
F# B
Is that all there is to it James Dale
F# B C#
Love of life has gone stale
F# B C#
Blood runs deep like gold James Dale, James Dale