Key: C
Introduction: C G Am F
C G
I'm an Irishman
Am
Leather weathered Irish skin
F
Beard orange as the sunset over the flag
C
In the night sky we fly it in
G
Pride for the life we fight to live
Am
History, I write with it
Am
Spit it with the dialect
C
And this is a celebration of course
G
The green, white, orange
Am
And when they pulled up on that shore
F
First generation born
C
Toast to those that made it on a boat to New York
G
And when the English came the colonizer came
Am
They filled up bottles of gasoline, turned 'em into balls of flame
F
And hurled 'em to protect what's ours
C
Don't touch these lucky charms
G
Whole bunch of Irish screaming "Fuck the London Guard"
Am
I'm kidding not dissin' London, this bloody war
F
But go against the Irish and get a bloody jaw
C
Preaching nonviolence but reminds of the scars
G
And the bias, put a pint up everybody sing a song
C
We put our glass to the sky and lift up
Am
And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya
F
So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us
Am
And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya
Same the rest of the time