Capo 2

Intro: |C G Am F| 6x



C (x32010@1)             GI'm (320003@1)an Irishman
                           AmLeather (x02210@1)weathered Irish skin
                        F (133211@1)         
Beard orange as the sunset over the flag
CIn (x32010@1)the night sky we fly it in
GPride (320003@1)for the life we fight to live
AmHistory, (x02210@1)I write with it
AmSpit (x02210@1)it with the dialect
CAnd (x32010@1)this is a celebration of course
GThe (320003@1)green, white, orange
AmAnd (x02210@1)when they pulled up on that shore
FFirst (133211@1)generation born
CToast (x32010@1)to those that made it on a boat to New York
GAnd (320003@1)when the English came the colonizer came
AmThey (x02210@1)filled up bottles of gasoline, turned 'em into balls of flame
FAnd (133211@1)hurled 'em to protect what's ours
CDon't (x32010@1)touch these lucky charms
GWhole (320003@1)bunch of Irish screaming "Fuck the London Guard"
AmI'm (x02210@1)kidding not dissin' London, this bloody war
FBut (133211@1)go against the Irish and get a bloody jaw
CPreaching (x32010@1)nonviolence but reminds of the scars
GAnd (320003@1)the bias, put a pint up everybody sing a song

Chorus:
CWe (x32010@1)put our glass to the sky and lift up
AmAnd (x02210@1)live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya
FSo (133211@1)raise a pint for the people that aren't with us
AmAnd (x02210@1)live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

Same the rest of the time

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

From New England to New Brunswick

Galway to Dublin

A rebellious nation of freckled face hustlers

Heart, blue collared workers and family

My heritage, proud to be a Haggerty

Now with whiskey in our veins

Claiming were the bravest men

I drank Old Crow, but pretended it was Jameson

Dad sipped Guiness, I sipped Old English

'Til he sat me down at 16 and said "boy, this is what a beer is"

I put down the drink, couldn't drink like a gentleman

That doesn't mean I can't make a drinking song for the rest of 'em

Challenge us in football, yeah we might lose

But don't put us next to a bar stool

We take the history, script it in song

Light the torch then you pass it on

That's right I said, lineage through the rhythm we script it from the palm

and we give til' Ireland is on

Bottoms Up

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya


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