[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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