Paul Brady的《Nothing But The Same Old Story》是一首充斥力量和情感的歌曲，收录于专辑《Hard Station》和精选集《Songs and Crazy Dreams》中。这首歌深刻地描绘了爱尔兰人在英格兰的移民经历，他们怀揣梦想而来，却往往面临着歧视、猜忌和生活的困境。歌词真实地反应了移民群体在异乡的挣扎与无奈，以及对家乡的思念。

歌曲以第一人称视角，讲述了一个年轻的爱尔兰人来到英国打拼的故事。他努力工作，却始终无法融入本地社会，甚至被视为“杀人犯”。副歌部分“Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night”表达了主人公渴望逃离现实，在酒精中麻醉自己的愿望。歌词中也流露出对社会不公的对抗情绪：“I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me”。

这首歌的吉他部分并不庞杂，主要由Em、C、G、D、Bm7和A等和弦构成。弹奏时需要注意节奏的把握，特别是副歌部分，要弹奏出歌曲的力量感。此外，歌曲的感情表达异常重要，要用心体会歌词，将歌曲中的无奈、恼怒和希望融入到演奏中。原作者建议使用Capo夹在第二品来配合原版音调。

无论是吉他初学者还是有一定基础的乐手，都可以考试考试弹奏这首《Nothing But The Same Old Story》。它不仅是一首好听的歌曲，更是一段历史的缩影，一种情感的表达。

示范乐谱：

Em               C        G
I was just about nineteen
C      D         G
When I landed on their shore
D          Bm7
With my eyes big as headlights
C             D       C
Like the thousands and thousands who came before
G
I was going to be something
Bm7           C          D        G
I smiled at the man scrutinising my face
D                    Em       A   Em  A
As I stepped down off the gangway

Came down to their city
Where I worked for many's the year
Built a hundred houses
Must've pulled half a million pints of beer
Living under suspicion
Putting up with the hatred and fear in their eyes
You can see that your nothing but a murderer
In their eyes, we're nothing but a bunch of murderers
Chorus
Em   C            G                  C   D   G
Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night
D      Bm7
Got a thirst that's raging
C      D        C
Know a place where we can put that right
G         Bm7
Wash away the confusion
C       D
Hose down this fire inside
G
But look out!
D                           Em
I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me
I'm sick of watching them break up
Every time some bird brain puts us down
Making jokes on the radio
Guess it helps them all drown out the sound
Of the crumbling foundations
Any fool can see the writing on the wall
But they just don't believe that it's happening
There's a crowd says I'm alright
Say they like my turn of phrase
Take me round to their parties
Like some dressed up monkey in a cage
And I play my accordian
Oh, but when the wine seeps through the facade
It's nothing but the same old story
Nothing but the same old story
Chorus
Got a brother in Boston
Says he'll send me on the fare
Just wrote me a letter
Making out that he's cleaning up out there
Two cars in the driveway
Summer house way down on the Cape
And I know that he's fix me up in the morning
I've been thinking about it
But it seems so far to go
People say in the winter
You'd get lost underneath the snow
And there's this girl from my home place
We've been planning to move back and give it a try
So I never got around to going
That's why I never got around to going
Chorus