Damien Dempsey Industrial School Double Drop-d tuning D-A-D-G-B-d Acoustic C Cadd9 G G7 Am7 D d|------0---------0---------0---------3---------2--------0--------| B|------1---------1---------0---------0---------1--------3--------| G|------0---------0---------0---------0---------0--------2--------| D|------2---------0---------5---------5---------2--------0--------| A|------3---------3---------5---------5---------0--------0--------| D|------x---------x---------5---------5---------x--------0--------| [There are some lift offs & hammers ons on the middle D-string on C & Cadd9 & aswell as the d-string on the Am7, just listen out the others when playing the chords] Intro : C - - - - Cadd9 - - - - G - - - - G7 x2 Verse : C Cadd9 G G7 I missed a day or two of school, because I was called a fool C Cadd9 G G7 And beat around the place, because I was staring into space C Cadd9 G G7 He stole a little bit of coal, because his flat was cold C Cadd9 There's mountains of coal on the docks G G7 He took some and rain into the cops Am7 D And now we're packed off to school Am7 Industrial school D We'll learn the meaning of the word, meaning of the word Am7 D And now we're locked up in school Am7 Industrial school D We'll learn the meaning of the word cruel Chorus : Am7 Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali, D Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi, Am7 Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali, D Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi [Just follows the same chords pattern] My uncle was sent to Daingean My Granda to Letterfrack And the child that was locked up there Never did come back Some were raped and some were tortured Some beaten and abused, Frightened little children, so lonely and so confused Now the Irish have their stories and their music that’s passed on From distant generations, who were kept down for so long But they also have the madness, child abuse and rage Sexual frustration passed down from another age Their language land and culture, their ancient pride was lost, And sexual repression was what religion cost. We have to break the cycle, cos it’s still passed down boss We have to break the cycle before any more kids are lost