G          D            G            D
Oh! I want to go back to that tumble down shack,
          Em          A                D7
Where the wild roses bloom 'round the door,
        C                       D            Em
Just to pillow my head, in that ould trundle bed,
      A                          D
Just to see my ould mother once more.
          G               D              G          D
There's a bright gleaming light, guiding me home tonight,
          G           Bm            Em
Down the long road of white cobble stone,
         C               D             G           Em
Down the road that leads back, to that tumble down shack,
        C           D           G
To that tumble down shack in Athlone.

[Verse 2]
      D             G           D             G
I'm a long way from home and my thoughts ever roam
        Em       G        A     D
To ould Erin far over the sea,
       C           G                C            G
For my heart it is there, where the skies are so fair
         Em         A            D
And ould Ireland is calling for me.
          G               D              G         D
There's a bright gleaming light, guiding me home tonight,
         G            Bm           Em
Down the long road of white cobble stone,
         C               D             G           Em
Down the road that leads back, to that tumble down shack,
        C           D           G
To that tumble down shack in Athlone.

[Verse 3]
           G            D            G           D
There are eyes that are sad, as they watch for a lad,
       E             A          D7
In the old fashioned town of Athlone,
      C                          D       Em
And I pray for the day, when I'm sailing away,
        A                       D
To ould Ireland, and mother, my own.
          G               D              G          D
There's a bright gleaming light, guiding me home tonight,
         G            Bm           Em
Down the long road of white cobble stone,
         C               D             G           Em
Down the road that leads back, to that tumble down shack,
        C           D            G
To that tumble down shack in Athlone.