DMy (xx0232@1)first crush on an Irish girl,
I was ten years old
And her name was Elaine.
Little red-head girl;
Well, she looked like you,
But if you were ten.
Bm7Which (x20202@1)you're clearly not.
G2
Not that you look old,
Em11
But you get my...
I'll just stop now.
DOkay, (xx0232@1)wait, 'cause I had a point -
No, I swear I did!
Well, I think I did,
Bm7Which (x20202@1)is all my life
Bm7/A(Or (x00202@1)since I was ten)
Bm7/G
I have had a yen
Bm7/F# Em11
For an Irish lass.
C2Because (x32030@1)God knows why,
G2/A
Like the ancient curse
DOf (xx0232@1)the shiksa queens.
Do I talk too much?
Bm7Which (x20202@1)is not to say
Bm7/AThat (x00202@1)I'd want Elaine,
Bm7/G
Who turned out to be
Bm7/F#
(When I last checked in)
Bm7/E
A Republican
DAnd (xx0232@1)a parapsychologist.
F (133211@1) Bb/F (102220@1) Cm/F
If you've got a four-leaf clover,
FYou (133211@1)can make my dreams come true.
I will be your Hebrew slave:
C#2 (x43141@1) Eb2 (x43141@3) FJust (133211@1)do the things that Irish girls do.
Talk about potato famines,
I begin to cry on cue!
Eb/F
Sing about the Emerald Isle and
Ab/Bb
Get your Irish eyes to smilin' -
C#/Eb DI (xx0232@1)could be in love with someone like you.
DI (xx0232@1)just left a relationship
With a lovely girl
Named Alyssa Levine.
She was really great,
It was all my fault -
I just got upset
'Cause she slept with my brother.
Bm7So (x20202@1)I made a vow
Bm7/ANot (x00202@1)to get caught up
Bm7/G
In the dating scene
Bm7/F#
Or the whole routine
Bm7/E
With the cousin's friend
Bm7/F#
Or the who-knows-what,
Bm7/G
Like I need that shit.
DI've (xx0232@1)got marks to make,
D/EI've (000232@1)got steps to climb,
D/F#It's (200232@1)the perfect time!
D/GI've (300232@1)got books to write,
D/AI've (x00232@1)got things to do -
D/BI (x20232@1)go out my door
D/CAnd (x30232@1)bump into you,
DAnd (xx0232@1)the jig is up,
D/EAnd (000232@1)my vow is through!
D/F# (200232@1) G6I (320000@1)don't know what I'm coin',
D2/F# Em11
But come in and ruin me!
F (133211@1) Bb/F (102220@1) Cm/F
I will write my own "Ulysses"
FIf (133211@1)you're there to show me how.
Take me back to Glocca Morra,
C#2 (x43141@1) Eb2 (x43141@3) FBathe (133211@1)me in the River Shannon now.
If you'll be Mrs. O'Leary,
Baby, I will be your cow.
Eb/F
I'll deliver shamrocks daily,
Ab/Bb
Buy your pa a new shillelagh,
C#/Eb
I could be in love with someone like...
Eb6 (xx15xx@4) Abmaj7/Eb
You could be my inspiration
Eb6And (xx15xx@4)get me past this block,
EbaugAnd (x2100x@1)walk me through the Great Unknown.
Eb2 (x43141@3) Abmaj7/Eb
You could be my true salvation,
Eb2Unchain (x43141@3)me from this rock,
Cb2
And keep me from being alone,
'Cause I'm no good at being alone!
F (133211@1) Bb/F (102220@1) Cm/F
Take me to another level!
FLet (133211@1)me play in bigger halls!
I will do a Riverdance
C#2 (x43141@1) Eb2 (x43141@3) FAs (133211@1)long as you keep answering my calls!
Get me out of my apartment!
Keep me from my empty walls!
Eb/F
Someone hire John McCormack!
Cb7
Start the Wearing of the Green!
Ab/Bb
Let me win the Irish Sweepstakes!
C#/Eb
Let me take you home, Kathleen!
I can be in love with someone!
I can be in love with someone!
C#/Eb
I can be in love with
Db6add9
Someone
Cm7b9 C7b9
Like
Fyou! (133211@1)
