Buy Us A Drink Chords by The Irish Rovers
Tempo:
147.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A]
[E] [D]
[E]
[A] [E]
[Bm] [E]
Here's to the soldier that [B] marched to [C#m] the wars [E] With lovely [C#m] tin hats [A] and long woollen [B] drawers
The colonel [E] said, right lad, over [A] the top Then [E] he stands back to watch [B] while the poor bugger drops
My, a supreme young [E] will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that [B] would rock
If [E] you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down and we'll sing half the night
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] There're girls in the bar, [B] there're girls in the [E] bars They put on a smile so you [A] don't see the [B] scars
They get [E] lots of offers and not much respect Worry the three kids [B] on a [E] government check
[B] My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
[C#m] Drink it down, [B] boy, down [E] As long as there's light [B] in the day
[E] Or you'll get no more sub when your number is up And they lay [B] you to rot [E] in the clay
In
[A] [E]
[D] [G#] [E]
[A] [E]
comes the [B] landlord so fat [C#m] and content [E] From drowning in Volvo to [A] pick up [B] the rent
Then on with his wife, [E] he reclined by the pool He leaves you to rot [B] in the scotty old hole
My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [Em] half the [A] night
[E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [Em] It's the taste of the [B] whiskey to tell [C#m] you the truth [Em] I shortened me days [A] and wasted [B] me youth
Be kind to the [E] health, sir, do [A] it no harm [E] Put a pint of the black [B] on the end of me arm
My, a supreme young will sing [A] you a song [E] Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand [A] us a fight [E] We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
My, a supreme young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that would rock
If you can, my old whiskey, [Dm] stand us a fight [E] We'll now get [A] straight down and we'll sing half the night
[E] [A] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
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[B] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [Em] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E]
[E] [D]
[E]
[A] [E]
[Bm] [E]
Here's to the soldier that [B] marched to [C#m] the wars [E] With lovely [C#m] tin hats [A] and long woollen [B] drawers
The colonel [E] said, right lad, over [A] the top Then [E] he stands back to watch [B] while the poor bugger drops
My, a supreme young [E] will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that [B] would rock
If [E] you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down and we'll sing half the night
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] There're girls in the bar, [B] there're girls in the [E] bars They put on a smile so you [A] don't see the [B] scars
They get [E] lots of offers and not much respect Worry the three kids [B] on a [E] government check
[B] My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
[C#m] Drink it down, [B] boy, down [E] As long as there's light [B] in the day
[E] Or you'll get no more sub when your number is up And they lay [B] you to rot [E] in the clay
In
[A] [E]
[D] [G#] [E]
[A] [E]
comes the [B] landlord so fat [C#m] and content [E] From drowning in Volvo to [A] pick up [B] the rent
Then on with his wife, [E] he reclined by the pool He leaves you to rot [B] in the scotty old hole
My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [Em] half the [A] night
[E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [Em] It's the taste of the [B] whiskey to tell [C#m] you the truth [Em] I shortened me days [A] and wasted [B] me youth
Be kind to the [E] health, sir, do [A] it no harm [E] Put a pint of the black [B] on the end of me arm
My, a supreme young will sing [A] you a song [E] Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand [A] us a fight [E] We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
My, a supreme young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that would rock
If you can, my old whiskey, [Dm] stand us a fight [E] We'll now get [A] straight down and we'll sing half the night
[E] [A] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [Em] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
[B] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
Em
E
A
B
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Here's to the soldier that [B] marched to [C#m] the wars [E] With lovely [C#m] tin hats [A] and long woollen [B] drawers
The colonel [E] said, right lad, over [A] the top Then [E] he stands back to watch [B] while the poor bugger drops
My, a supreme young [E] will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that [B] would rock
If [E] you can, my old whiskey, _ stand us a fight We'll now get straight down and we'll sing half the night
[A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ There're girls in the bar, [B] there're girls in the [E] bars They put on a smile so you [A] don't see the [B] scars
They get [E] lots of offers and not much respect Worry the three kids [B] on a [E] government check
[B] My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
[C#m] Drink it down, [B] boy, down [E] As long as there's light [B] in the day
_ [E] Or you'll get no more sub when your number is up And they lay [B] you to rot [E] in the clay
_ _ In _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ comes the [B] landlord so fat [C#m] and content [E] From drowning in Volvo to [A] pick up [B] the rent
Then on with his wife, [E] he reclined by the pool He leaves you to rot [B] in the scotty old hole
My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [Em] half the [A] night
_ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
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_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ It's the taste of the [B] whiskey to tell [C#m] you the truth [Em] I shortened me days [A] and wasted [B] me youth
Be kind to the [E] health, sir, do [A] it no harm [E] Put a pint of the black [B] on the end of me arm
My, a supreme young will sing [A] you a song [E] Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand [A] us a fight [E] We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
My, a supreme young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that would rock
If you can, my old whiskey, [Dm] stand us a fight [E] We'll now get [A] straight down and we'll sing half the night
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_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Here's to the soldier that [B] marched to [C#m] the wars [E] With lovely [C#m] tin hats [A] and long woollen [B] drawers
The colonel [E] said, right lad, over [A] the top Then [E] he stands back to watch [B] while the poor bugger drops
My, a supreme young [E] will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that [B] would rock
If [E] you can, my old whiskey, _ stand us a fight We'll now get straight down and we'll sing half the night
[A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ There're girls in the bar, [B] there're girls in the [E] bars They put on a smile so you [A] don't see the [B] scars
They get [E] lots of offers and not much respect Worry the three kids [B] on a [E] government check
[B] My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
[C#m] Drink it down, [B] boy, down [E] As long as there's light [B] in the day
_ [E] Or you'll get no more sub when your number is up And they lay [B] you to rot [E] in the clay
_ _ In _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ comes the [B] landlord so fat [C#m] and content [E] From drowning in Volvo to [A] pick up [B] the rent
Then on with his wife, [E] he reclined by the pool He leaves you to rot [B] in the scotty old hole
My, a supreme [E] young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand us a fight We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [Em] half the [A] night
_ _ [E] _
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_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ It's the taste of the [B] whiskey to tell [C#m] you the truth [Em] I shortened me days [A] and wasted [B] me youth
Be kind to the [E] health, sir, do [A] it no harm [E] Put a pint of the black [B] on the end of me arm
My, a supreme young will sing [A] you a song [E] Of the chances you missed [C#m] and the love [B] that would rock
[E] If you can, my old whiskey, stand [A] us a fight [E] We'll now get straight down [B] and we'll sing [E] half the night
My, a supreme young will sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that would rock
If you can, my old whiskey, [Dm] stand us a fight [E] We'll now get [A] straight down and we'll sing half the night
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