|D/F# |G |Bm |A | 2x
[Verse 1]
D/F# G Bm G
I will always go back to the side of the bay where the nights never seemed as long as the day
D/F# G
Where The Dog Collar Army we trembled before
Bm G
Their spires don't look so tall any more
[Instrumental]
|Bm C#m D G |Bm A |
[Verse 2]
D/F#
Dad was always driving
G
Top of the road
Bm G
Mams in the doorway still thanking the lord
D/F# G
Greenbirds took 'em to the land of the free
Bm G
When they were gone it was all up to me
[Instrumental]
|Bm C#m D G |Bm A |
[Chorus]
D/F# G
These city lights don't shine like you say
Bm G
The green green grass is all turning to grey
D/F# G
You made this boy golden then turned him to stone
Bm G D/F# G
But this is my home, you think I don't remember but I do
Bm
I do
A D/F# G
You think I don't remember but I do
Bm A
Yeah I do
[Verse 3]
D/F# G
No-one saw it coming till it was too late
Bm G
But it was the young who would carry the weight
D/F# G
Shook hands with the mighty for better or worse
Bm G
Sometimes a blessing, sometimes a curse
[Instrumental]
|Bm C#m D G |Bm A |
[Chorus]
D/F# G
These city lights don't shine like you say
Bm G
The green green grass is all turning to grey
D/F# G
You made this boy golden then turned him to stone
Bm G D/F# G
But this is my home, you think I don't remember but I do
Bm
I do
A D/F# G
You think I don't remember but I do
Bm A
Yeah I do
[Bridge]
D/F#
Here's to my journey
G
I know who I am
Bm G
As much as we fought that was never the plan
D/F# G
I'm not the first and won't be the last
Bm G
To go back to the Grove and we're always a class
[Chorus]
N.C. D/F# G
You think I don't remember but I do
Bm
But I do
A D/F# G
You think I don't remember but I do
Bm
But I do
A D/F#
You think I don't remember
G Bm
You think I don't remember but I do
A D/F# G
You think I don't remember but I do
G Bm A
You think I don't remember but I do
[Outro]
|D/F# |G |Bm |A |
D/F# G
I will always go back to the side of the bay
Bm G
Where the nights never seemed as long as the day
