🎸 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]

       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 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
     Dm                 F        C
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,
     Dm                 C        Dm
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