[G]
I was raised on Black and Tans,
[D] [G]
with Ronnie Drew, and Van the Man
[G]
I go off to mass on Sunday
[D] [G]
and then it's back to the pub on Monday
[C]
I've got a sister Meghan
[D]
with a Celtic cross tattoo
[C]
I'll tell you a few stories
[G] [D]
and every one of them is true
((CHORUS))
[C] [D]
My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's
[C] [D] [G]
Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a counsin from Killarney
[G]
Well my great-grandda, and his mates
[D] [G]
they tried to make it to the States
[G]
his great uncle, he was a failure
[D] [G]
he got deported off to Australia
[C]
so they stowed upon a steamer
[D]
on the famous White Star Line
[C]
I was raised upon these stories
[G] [D]
since i was the age of nine
((CHORUS))
[G]
Well my great uncle, he liked the races
[D] [G]
he liked the dogs and steeplechases
[G]
his wife, my dear old auntie
[D] [G]
she kept a teashop way, way down in Bantry
[C]
but he fixed a race in Donegal
[D]
and now he's got to hide
[C]
with the sticky buns and cakes and guns
[G] [D]
and whiskey on the side
((CHORUS))
[G]
I was raised on Black and Tans
[D] [G]
with Ronnie Drew and Van the Man
[G]
I go to mass on Sunday
[D] [G]
and the it's back to the pub on Monday
[C]
I'm from the wrong side of the south side
[D]
of an Irish neighborhood
[C]
I've never been to Ireland
[G] [D]
but I know it's in my blood
((CHORUS x 2))