SINCE NANCY DIED
by Eric Bogle

Most of the time I go my way,
I live my life from day to day,
But thoughts I used to push away
I no longer turn aside.
So though I might seem quite unchanged,
Untouched, unmoved, quite self-contained,
You know I've never been the same
Since Nancy died.

Cho:

Things aint' been the same (3x) Since Nancy died.

For what was distant is now near,
And what was misty is now clear,
What was tomorrow is now here
No longer can I hide.
And all my silly fantasy
Of my immortality
How foolish now they seem to be
Since Nancy died.

End second Chorus only:

I thought there for a while,
You'd never stop dying
I thought there for a while,
I'd never start crying.

(Repeat 1st verse)

from The Songs of Eric Bogle Ossian Publications, Cork, Ireland Copyright, No date given

Tune:

MIDI file: snceNanc.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: Since Nancy Died
Text: By Eric Bogle
Copyright: Copyright © Ossian Publications
Key: G
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
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End

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Since Nancy Died
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
D5/4D/2D/4D5D|CD2E5|-EFFF2G2A|B2GD5|-DDDD2DD2|
C/2E/2A,5DE|DD4DCC|B,8|-B,DDDD2D2|CD2E4E|
FF2G2A2B|-B2cB4D|BB3cB3|A2GE5|-E2A2GF2G|-G8|
G2c6|-c3c2c2B|B/4A31/4|B2c2d2eB|-B6G2|-G2GG2G2G|
E/4D19/4DEF/2G/2|-G8|G7G|-G8|A8|-AA4EDD|-D3ABcdc|
-cB7|-B7G|AA4EDD|-D3ABcdc|-cB13/2||

Note: The last two phrases in the tune are the tune to the second chorus. This tune will be submitted to Alan for the MIDI Archives.