Raised On Black And Tans Chords

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I was raised G on Black and Tans, G

with Ronnie Drew,D and Van the ManG

G I go off to mass on Sunday

and then it's Dback to the pub on G Monday

I've C got a sister Meghan

with a D Celtic cross tattoo

I'll C tell you a few stories

and every oGne of them is D true

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CMy mother's, brother's, sD ister's, cousin's, auntie's

Uncle BCarney's, father's, brother had a cDounsin from KG illarney

G Well my great-grandda, and his mates

they tried to Dmake it to the SG tates

G his great uncle, he was a failure

he got deDported off to AustG ralia

so they C stowed upon a steamer

on the D famous White Star Line

I was C raised upon these stories

since i Gwas the age of D nine

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G Well my great uncle, he liked the races

he liked the Ddogs and steeplecG hases

G his wife, my dear old auntie

she kept a Dteashop way, way down in G Bantry

but he fC ixed a race in Donegal

and D now he's got to hide

with the C sticky buns and cakes and guns

and Gwhiskey on the D side

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G I was raised on Black and Tans

with Ronnie DDrew and Van theG Man

G I go to mass on Sunday

and the it's Dback to the pub on MG onday

I'm from the C wrong side of the south side

of an ID rish neighborhood

I've C never been to Ireland

but I Gknow it's in my bD lood

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