Chords for The Craic was Ninety in the Isle of Man | Ulla

[B] I did some searching this year and I found an Irish song that's about drinking alcohol
that I like to listen to.
I searched far and wide.
That was a deep dig.
Yeah.
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And I came [N] up with this one called The Crack Was 90 in the Isle of Man. _
_ And this is a song about several men getting on board the ferry from Dublin and going to
the Isle of Man, halfway between Great Britain and Ireland, and drinking pints heavily for
a few days until they eventually get kicked off the island.
And [E] they describe it in great detail.
And I wish we had subtitles [A] here so that you could_
There's a thick accent [Dm] and there's fast moving lyrics, but the lyrics are great.
_ Someday I'll walk everyone [E] through all the lyrics, but we'll be here for 10 minutes.
It's an odyssey.
_ [A] Anyway, here's how it goes. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Weren't we the rare old star?
We spent the evenings getting [E] locked down in the Ace of Hearts.
[A] Where the high stools [D] were engaging.
[A] Over the footbridge, out to the dock, where the boat she sailed.
Five o'clock, [E] would you hurry lads?
[F#m] Says Whack, or before we're [D] there, we'll all be [A] back.
Carry on if you can.
Oh, the crack was [E] 90 in the [A] Isle of Man.
_ Before we reached the Alexander face, the ding-dong needed surely [E] raising.
The bar of the ship had great [A] sport as the boat she sailed out from the port.
Landed up in the goodness head, inquiring for a vacant bed.
[E] To the dining room, we got [F#m] shown be a decent [D] woman.
Up the [A] road, lads, aid it if you can.
Oh, the crack was [E] 90 in the [A] Isle of Man.
Next morning we went for a ramble round, and we saw the sights of Douglas Town.
[E] Then we went for a [A] mighty session in a [D] pot that they called a Derby's.
We all got drunk, we had a fast treat to sober up.
We went swimming in the sea, [E] and then back to the dekes for the spruce up.
And [F#m] while waiting [D] for the rosy, [A] we all drew up our plan.
Oh, the crack was [E] 90 in the [A] Isle of Man.
_ And then we went to the Texas bar, we all came down be horse and [E] car.
We met Big Jim, and we all went [A] in to drink some [D] wine.
And Yeats [A] says, the Liverpool girls, it was said, were all to be met in the Douglas head.
[E] McShane was there in his tie and shirt, [F#m] with the foreign [D] girls he was trying to flirt.
[A] Saying, here girls, I'm your man.
Oh, the crack was [E] 90 in the [A] Isle of Man. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well, Whacker fancied his good looks, and with the Isle of Man women he was struck.
[E] But the Liverpool lad was by [A] her side, throwing the [D] jar into her.
[A] Whacker thought he'd take a chance, so he asked the queer.
Went out to [E] dance around the floor, and they stepped it [F#m] out.
To Whack it [D] was no bother, [A] everything was going to plan.
Oh, the crack was [E] 90 in [A] the Isle of Man.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, the Isle of Man women fancied Whack, but your man stood there till Yeats came [E] back.
And Whack, they all whacked him to [A] Whack.
Whack was [D] landed on his [A] back, and the Douglas force arrived as well.
Landed a couple of belts as [E] well, and we ended up in the Douglas [A] jail.
Till the [D] Dublin boat did [A] sail, and deported every man.
Oh, the crack was [E] 90 in [A] the Isle of Man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _