Jar Song

Intro: C#m B A B x 2

C#m
You look around, you say what's up
B
You see another Irishman taking to the 'sup
A                                           B
You see that's the way, that's the way they came
C#m
You look around, you say what's up
B
You see another paddy and he's taking to the 'sup
A                                           B
You see that's the way, that's the way they came

B                  A        E
Take me out on the jar today
B                           A      E
We'll drink stout and we'll be okay
B                A            E
We might get our holes tonight
B              A             E   E
We'll get in a fight alright

B                   A         E
Brendan Behan was a friend of mine
B                        A           E
He loved the bars and he drink cheap wine
B                         A       E
Get outta his mind with a lad and lass
B                            A     E    E
He'd ride them both and then go to mass

B                   A      E
Shane McGowan loves Dublin town
B                              A         E
I drank with him once and woke up on the ground
B                        A         E
Maybe someday we'll meet up and do 'brunch'
B                A      E
Some beers and a shandy too

C#m
You look around, you say what's up
B
You see another Irishman taking to the 'sup
A                                           B
You see that's the way, that's the way they came
C#m
You look around, you say what's up
B
You see another paddy and he's taking to the 'sup
A                                           B
You see that's the way, that's the way they came

B                  A      E
Luke Kelly meant a lot to me
B                             A           E
He sang from in here and then swigged his beer
B                       A
If ordering pints was a crime
     E  B               A      E
He'd be in Mountjoy for eternity

B                    A     E
Christy Moore was an awful whure
B                            A         E
He'd drink potcheen 'til the bogs were clean
B                             A       E
He brought me great joy since I was a boy
B                       A        E
The day he went dry the publican cried

C#m
You look around, you say what's up
B
You see another Irishman taking to the 'sup
A                                           B
You see that's the way, that's the way they came
C#m
You look around, you say what's up
B
You see another paddy and he's taking to the 'sup
A                                           B
You see that's the way, that's the way they came

B                  A        E
Take me out on the jar today
B                           A      E
We'll drink stout and we'll be okay
B                A            E
We might get our holes tonight
B              A             E
We'll get in a fight alright

B                  A        E
Take me out on the jar today