[Riff] (x2)
E|----0--------------------|----0-------3-2-0--------|
B|2-3----------------------| 2-3-----2-3--------------|
G|------2-0-2-4-2-0-2------|------2------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

D    G    A  (x4)


[Verse 1]
D                G                     A
In Belfast 1924, he has to leave home
D                           G                         A
Working on a merchant ship, waiting just to jump ship
D              G                 A
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
D                      G           A
Out on the canefields, summer 1926
D              G                           N.C. [harmonic on 12th fret]
Boy's only 16, how's he gonna start his dream


[Chorus]
D             G              A
Mind and soul have gone stale
D                           G         A
Is that all there is to it James Dale


[Verse 2]
D                        G                                A
He fell in love in 1938, their first child and a world war
D                               G                              A
He's leaving home in a uniform, how's he gonna start his dreams
D              G                N.C. [harmonic on 12th fret]
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh


[Chorus]
D            G              A
Love of life has gone stale
D                         G         A
Blood runs deep like gold James Dale


[Bridge]
F#m           B      G                     A
I can see you now, a photograph, a dog and a rusty car
F#m           B       G                  A
I can see you now, a sunburnt face, your back against the wall


[Solo]
D      G     A   (x2)


[Riff] (x2)
E|----0--------------------|----0-------3-2-0--------|
B|2-3----------------------| 2-3-----2-3--------------|
G|------2-0-2-4-2-0-2------|------2------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|


[Outro]
D             G              A
Mind and soul have gone stale
D                          G
Is that all there is to it James Dale
D                     G       A
Love of life has gone stale
D                               G            A
Blood runs deep like gold James Dale,  James Dale