Another Irish Drinking Song Chords

[Intro]
D A
 
[Verse 1]
D                                 G            D
Gather 'round ye lads and lasses, set ye for a while
                                  Em             A
And harken to me mournful tale about the Emerald Isle
D                                   G                  D
Let's all raise our glasses high to friends and family gone
                    G/D D            A        D
And lift our voices in another Irish drinkin' song
 
D                                 G              D
Consumption took me mother and me father got the pox
                                      Em            A
Me brother drank the whiskey 'till he wound up in a box
D                                G            D
Me other brother in the troubles met with his demise
                 G/D  D                  A     D
Me sister has forever closed her smilin' Irish eyes
 
 
[Chorus]
D                           G
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
       D              G/D                                           A
We'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more
D/A   D                                  G
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
                 D             G/D  D                            A D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once a-gain
 
[Verse 2]
D                                G                  A
Kenny was killed in Kilkenny and Claire she died in Clare
                            Em           D
Tip from Tipperary died out in the Derry air
D                             G               D
Shannon jumped into the river Shannon back in June
           G/D  D                   A      D
Ernie fell into the Erne and Tom is in the Toome
 
D                              G               D
"Cleanliness is godliness," me Uncle Pat would sing
                                  Em           A
He broke his neck a-slippin' on a bar of Irish Spring
D                               G                D
O'Grady he was eighty, 'tho his bride was just a pup
                      G/D  D                A     D
He died upon the honeymoon when she got his Irish up (HEY!)
 
 
[Chorus]
D                           G
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
       D              G/D                                           A
We'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more
D/A   D                                  G
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
                 D             G/D  D                            A D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once a-gain
 
[Interlude 1]
Mexican hat dance
 
[Verse 3]
D                                      G                D
Joe Murphy fought with Reilly near the Cliffs of Old Dooneen
                                  G                  D
He took out his shillelagh and he stabbed him in the spleen
                              G             D
Well crazy Uncle Mike thought he was a leprechaun
                                               A        D
But in fact he's just a leper and his arms and legs are gone
 
                                     G            D
When Timmy Johnson broke his neck it was a cryin' shame
                               G             D
He wasn't really Irish, but he went to Notre Dame
                                 G            D
MacNamara crossed the street and by a bus was hit
N.C.
But he was just a Scotsman so nobody gave a sh- (OCH!)
 
 
[Chorus]
D                           G
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
       D              G/D                                           A
We'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more
D/A   D                                  G
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
                 D             G/D  D                            A D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once a-gain
 
[Interlude 2]
 
Hava Nagila Ole!!
 
[Verse 4]
D                              G                   D
Drunken Uncle Brendan tried to drive home from the bar
                                 Em              A
The road rose up to meet when he fell out of his car
D                        G                 D
Irony was what befell me Great Grand Uncle Sam
                   G/D  D            A      D
He choked upon the very last potato in the land
 
D                               G               D
Connor lived in Ulster town, he used to smuggle arms
                                     Em            A
Until the British killed him and cut off his lucky charms
D                                G                D
And dear old Father Flanagan who left the Lord's employ
              G/D    D                A     D
Drunk on sacramental wine beneath the altar boy (HEY!)
 
 
[Chorus]
D                           G
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
       D              G/D                                           A
We'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more
D/A   D                                  G
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
                 D             G/D  D                            A D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once a-gain
 
[Verse 6]
D                                     G                 D
Someday soon I'll leave this world of pain and toil and sin
                                     Em             A
The Lord will take me by the hand to join all of me kin
D                               G                D
Me only wish is when the Savior comes for me and you
                      G/D  D                A       D
He kills the cast of Riverdance and Michael Flatley too
 
 
[Chorus]
D                           G
Now everybody's died, so until our tears are dried
       D              G/D                                           A
We'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more
D/A   D                                  G
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early mornin' light
                 D             G/D  D                            A D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once a-gain
                 D             G/D  D                            A D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once a-gain
                 D             G/D  D                       A     D
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wake up and then go drinkin' once again
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