G5                    G5
I was raised   on Black and Tans,
                 D5                 G5
with Ronnie Drew,   and Van the Man
G5
I go off to mass on Sunday
              D5                  G5
and then it's back to the pub on Monday
     C5
I've got a sister Meghan
       D5
with a Celtic cross tattoo
     C5
I'll tell you a few stories
           G5             D5
and every one of them is true


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C5                        D5
My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
       C5                                 D5            G5
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a counsin from Killarney


G5
Well my great-grandda, and his mates
              D5               G5
they tried to make it to the States
G5
his great uncle, he was a failure
         D5                 G5
he got deported off to Australia
        C5
so they stowed upon a steamer
       D5
on the famous White Star Line
      C5
I was raised upon these stories
        G5              D5
since i was the age of nine


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G5
Well my great uncle, he liked the races
             D5                G5
he liked the dogs and steeplechases
G5
his wife, my dear old auntie
           D5                        G5
she kept a teashop way, way down in Bantry
        C5
but he fixed a race in Donegal
    D5
and now he's got to hide
         C5
with the sticky buns and cakes and guns
    G5              D5
and whiskey on the side


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G5
I was raised on Black and Tans
            D5               G5  
with Ronnie Drew and Van the Man
G5
I go to mass on Sunday
             D5                   G5
and the it's back to the pub on Monday
             C5
I'm from the wrong side of the south side
       D5
of an Irish neighborhood
     C5
I've never been to Ireland
      G5                D5
but I know it's in my blood


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