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


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C                        D
My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
       C                                 D            G
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a counsin from Killarney


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


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


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


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