. 
C                 D           G 
I wish that I was home in Donegal 
   C             D         
To be with you beside the sea 
   Em                    C             
To hear your sweet voice calling me 
G          D           G              
Back to my home in Donegal 
. 
. 
   G              Am             D                   
He walks upon the streets of New Orleans 
           G             Am         
There is a strange and unfamiliar look 
   C             D       
To every face he sees. 
   C                 D 
He came here for the money 
    G         C       Am         
The adventure and the craic 
    G            Am       
Now all he ever thinks about 
   D             G          
Is someday going back 

 

[Refrão]
   G              Am         D  
He misses all his family and friends 
        G                    Am     
There's times when he'd give all he has 
        C            D       
Just to be with them again 
C                     D 
Before the young ones move away 
G                 C   Am         
The old ones are all gone. 
G                     Am       
Before his heart can realize 
     D             G          
He's been away too long. 

 
   G                    Am              D  
Sometimes he lays there dreaming in the night 
         G            Am     
To get a job of extra work 
               C             D       
He?ll save the money for the flight 
    C                D 
But lonely dreams in darkness 
   G      C          Am         
disappear before the dawn 
G              Am       
Familiar faces fade away 
D                  G          
All the dreams are gone.