Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Oh, whiskey's the life of man, but whiskey's mostly water
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G FF
And it's whiskey fuels the worker and corrupts his only daughter
C majorC FF C majorC FF
The mountain water in the still, the copper pipes a-steamin'
E minorEm DmDm G+G
There'll soon be whiskey in the glass and dreamers gone to dreamin'
Chorus:
FF E minorEm
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
FF DmDm G+G
A augmentedA young girl's prayer, an old man's thoughts a-reelin'
FF G+G A minorAm
Two lovers stealin', the moonlight beamin'
DmDm G+G C majorC
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
Verse:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Oh, I met her down in Dublin town, like a bottle fly I fell
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G FF
To the spider in the Blackbush of the old railway hotel
C majorC FF C majorC
I spun my web from Liffey's walls, to the back room down at Whelan's
FF E minorEm DmDm G+G
But, oh, how sweet my poison, now is drowning in the dreamin'
Chorus:
FF E minorEm
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
FF DmDm G+G
A augmentedA young girl's prayer, an old man's thoughts a-reelin'
FF G+G A minorAm
Two lovers stealin', the moonlight beamin'
DmDm G+G C majorC
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
Instrumental:
FF A minorAm DmDm G+G C majorC
Verse:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Oh, whiskey's made of water, lads, barley, corn or malt
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G FF
And man and woman's water, mixed with poetry and salt
C majorC FF C majorC
Bring on the pullin' of the tides, the flash of eyes a-gleamin'
FF E minorEm DmDm G+G
When passion blends the elements, the yeast is but the dreamin'
Chorus:
FF E minorEm
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
FF DmDm G+G
A augmentedA young girl's prayer, an old man's thoughts a-reelin'
FF G+G A minorAm
Two lovers stealin', the moonlight beamin'
DmDm G+G C majorC
The search for meaning, leads through the dreamin'
A minorAm FF C majorC
Oh, whiskey's the life of man