The Irish Pub chords by The High Kings

The Irish Pub

The High Kings

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[Verse]

              Dm                                 F          C
Well you're walkin' through a city street, you could be in Peru
         Dm                             C                   Am
And you hear a distant calling and you know it's meant for you,
          Dm                               F              C
Then you drop what you were doing and you join the merry mob,
      Dm                                       C           Dm
And before you know just where you are, you're in an Irish pub.

[Chorus]

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They've got one in Honolulu they've got one in Moscow too,
          Dm                            C           Am
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu.
      Dm                                    F            C
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job,
           Dm                                     C            Dm
'Cause wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub.


[Verse]

         Dm                             F                 C
Now that design is fairly simple and it usually works the same,
       Dm                               C                       Am
You'll have "Razor Houghton" scoring in the Ireland - England game
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And you know your in an Irish pub the minute you're in the door,
      Dm                                             C       Dm
For a couple of boys with bodhrans will be murdering Christy Moore.


[Chorus]

             F
They've got one in Honolulu they've got one in Moscow too,
          Dm                            C          Am
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu.
      Dm                                    F            C
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job,
           Dm                                     C            Dm
'Cause wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub.


[Verse]

        Dm                         F                  C
Now the owner is Norwegian and the manager comes from Cork,
        Dm                        C                     Am
And the lad that's holding up the bar says 'Only Eejits Work'
       Dm                              F               C
He was born and bred in Bolton but his mammy's from Kildare,
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And he's going to make his fortune soon and move to County Clare.


[Chorus]

             F
They've got one in Honolulu they've got one in Moscow too,
          Dm                            C           Am
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu.
      Dm                                    F            C
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job,
           Dm                                     C            Dm
'Cause wherever you go around the world you'll find an Irish pub.


[Verse]

         Dm                          F         C
Now it's time for me to go I have to catch me train,
        Dm                      C                         Am
So I'll leave ye sitting at the bar and face the wind and rain,
    Dm                      F                              C
For I'll have that pint you owe me, if I'm not gone on the dry,
        Dm                                 C              Dm
When we meet next week in Frankford in the fields of Athenry.


[Chorus]

             F
They've got one in Honolulu they've got one in Moscow too,
          Dm                            C          Am
They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu.
      Dm                                    F            C
So whether you sing or pull a pint you'll always have a job,
           Dm                                     C            Dm