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Bap Kennedy: THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST by Bap Kennedy
Domestic Blues, 1998 E-Squared Records
Transcribed by 

Bap Kennedy- acoustic guitar, vocals
Roy M. Huskey Jr.- upright bass
Peter Rowan- mandolin, background vocals
Jerry Douglas- dobro
Steve Earle- acoustic guitar
Larry Atamanuik- drums
Dan Gillis= tin whistles
Nancy Griffin- background vocals & vocal effects

Time:3/4

D          G
Jimmy I've got it now
    D         G
I'd rather be dead
     D              G
Than take what I'm given
   C            D
Or eat what I'm fed
D            G
Well I can't help myself
D              G
Sometimes it's true
    D            G
But nothing came easy
    C         D
for me or for you

Chorus
C                              G
You'll be a long time in the grave
C                          G
And you can't live in the past
C                  G
Let's lay down to rest
        D            G
All the ghosts of Belfast

I've got my reasons
I've got my pride
My glass is half full
But it's cracked on the side
I wish I could take back
The things that I said
Never mind there's better times
Just up ahead

Chorus
You'll be a long time in the grave
And you can't live in the past
Let's lay down to rest
All the ghosts of Belfast

 C      G
|/ / / |/ / / |
 C      G
|/ / / |/ / / |
 C      G
|/ / / |/ / / |
 D      G
|/ / / |/ / / |

Maybe I've learned enough
Maybe I can reach
I wish I could practice
The things that I preach

It's hard to get on now
I've taken a belt
The hardest of all
Is to live with yourself

Chorus
You'll be a long time in the grave
And you can't live in the past
Let's lay down to rest
All the ghosts of Belfast

You'll be a long time in the grave
And you can't live in the past
Let's lay down to rest
All the ghosts of Belfast