Artist: Damien Dempsey 
Title: Sing All Our Cares Away 
CHORDS 
C Em F G G/E 
Note: Nearly every time a chord is played, the first 
finger is lifted and put back down. 
Intro: C Em F G 
C                                Em 
Mary loves the grouse, hides the bottles round the house, 
            F                               G 
She watches chatshows and the soaps, broken-hearted but she copes, 
C                                 Em 
Michael's out of work, feels he's sinking in the murk, 
        F                          G 
He's unshaven and a mess, finds it hard some days to dress 
C                               Em 
Stevie smashes the delf, cos he can't express himself, 
       F                        G 
He's consumed by rage, like his father at his age, 
C                           Em 
Rits'a little child, have a lovely little smile, 
           F                                   G 
This means nothing to her father, because he's never even seen her  

Chorus: 
   F                        G 
We sing, sing all our cares away 
F                            G G/E 
We'll live, to fight another day 
Verse: 
C                              Em 
Joey's off the gear, he's been clean for half a year, 
        F                               G 
He gets bored out of his mind, but he's tryin to toe the line 
C                          Em 
Maggie's in a chair, 'twas joyriding put her there, 
             F                            G 
She puts the kettle on the boil, and shes always got a smile 
Chorus: 
   F                        G 
We sing, sing all our cares away 
       F                     G 
We'll live, to fight another day 
   F                        G 
We sing, sing all our cares away, 
       F                   Em
We'll live, to love another day, 
        C               G 
We grow strong, from it all, 
        F              G
We grow strong, or we fall, 
        C               Em 
We grow strong, from it all, 
        F             G 
We grow strong, or we fall, 
        C 
We grow strong.