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Bap Kennedy: THE SHANKILL AND THE FALLS 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
Jerry Douglas- dobro, lap steel
Steve Earle- acoustic guitar
Larry Atamanuik- drums
Nancy Blake- cellos
Nancy Griffin- background vocals

Time:4/4
(This song is basically D, A, Em, G, but there's a quick slide into the D chord with:
A5/G(?)=xxx055 G5addG#(?)=xxx044 Dsus2=xx0230; I'll call this Riff 1.
This is repeated over the verses; see 4 bar intro tab below.)

Intro:
  Riff 1
 | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &|
 |         H   >  >  >  >|          >  >  >  >  >|
e|-5-5-4-0-2-------------|-0-2-0-0---------------|
B|-5-5-4-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-2---------------|
G|-0-0-0-2-2-------------|-2-2-2-2---------------| x3
D|---------0-------------|-0-0-0-2---------------|
A|-----------------------|-------0---------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   D                            A
   I took a walk...         ...angel
   Through the streets...   ...born
   The painted...           ...around me   From the...

 | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4 & |
                                >  >  >  >  >  > > |
e|-0-----0-----3-----3-----|-2---------------------|
B|-0-----0-----3-----3-----|-3---------------------|
G|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-2---------------------|
D|-2-----2-----0-----0-----|-0---------------------|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-x---------------------|
E|-0-----0-2-3-3-----3-----|-x---------------------|
   Em    e f#g G             D
...Shankills             ...Falls

Riff 1   D
I took a walk
                 A
With my guardian angel
Riff 1      D
Through the streets
            A
Where I was born
Riff 1      D
The painted wall
               A
Rose up around me
          Em      e>f#>g
From the Shankill
G          D
To the Falls

G
Sha la la la la la la la
D
Sha la la la la la la la

In all the time
You entertain me
I broke my heart
I can recall
Till I threw the dice
And I kept my distance
From the Shankill
And the Falls

G
Sha la la la la la la la
D
Sha la la la la la la la 3x both lines
Em f# g G D

I know you're aching
To trust somebody
A spark of love
In everyone
From the Tigras Bay
To the silent barrio
From the Shankill
To the Falls