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Irish Celebration

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Capo 2
[Intro]
 C   G   Am     Fx6
[Verse 1]
I'm an CIrishman,   Gleather weathered Irish skin
   AmBeard orange as the sFunset over the flag
In the niCght sky we fly it inG, pride for the life we fight to live
   AmHistory, I write with it, sFpit it with the dialect
And tChis is a celebratGion of course
The Amgreen, white, oFrange
And when they Cpulled up on that shore, first generGation born
Toast to Amthose that made it on a Fboat to New York (New York!)
And when the CEnglish came, the colonizGer came
They fAmilled up bottles of gasolineF, turned 'em into balls of flame
And Churled 'em to protect what's ours,   Gdon't touch these lucky charms 
   AmWhole bunch of Irish screaFmin' "Fuck the London Guard"
   CI'm kidding not dissGin' London, this bloody war
   AmBut go against the Irish   Fand get a bloody jaw
   CPreach nonviolence but remiGnd of the scars
And the bAmias, put a pint up everyboFdy sing a song
[Instrumental]
C  G   Am F
[Chorus]
We put our gClass to the sky and Glift up
And live tonigAmht 'cause you can't take it Fwith ya
So raise a piCnt for the people that aren't wGith us
And live toniAmght 'cause you can't take it wFith ya
We put our gClass to the sky and Glift up
And live tonigAmht 'cause you can't take it Fwith ya
So raise a piCnt for the people that aren't wGith us
And live toniAmght 'cause you can't take it wFith ya
[Verse 2]
From New EnCgland to New Brunswick,   GGalway to Dublin 
   AmA rebellious nation of Ffreckled face hustlers
CHeart, blue collared woGrkers and family
My hAmeritage, proud to be a HFaggerty
Now with wChiskey in our veins,   GClaiming were the bravest men
   AmI drank Old Crow, but pretFended it was Jameson
   CDad sipped Guiness, I Gsipped Old English
'Til he Amsat me down at 16 and said, F"Boy, this is what a beer is."
   CI put down the drink, I Gcouldn't drink like a gentleman
   AmThat doesn't mean I couldn't make a dFrinkin' song for the rest of 'em
CChallenge us in football, Gyeah we might lose
But don't pAmut us next to a bar sFtool
  CWe take the history, sGcript it in song
Light the tAmorch then you pass it onG  
That's right I said, Clineage through the rhythm we sGcript it from the palm
and we Amgive til' Ireland is Fon, bottoms up
[Chorus]
We put our gClass to the sky and Glift up
And live tonigAmht 'cause you can't take it Fwith ya
So raise a piCnt for the people that aren't wGith us
And live toniAmght 'cause you can't take it wFith ya
We put our gClass to the sky and Glift up
And live tonigAmht 'cause you can't take it Fwith ya
So raise a piCnt for the people that aren't wGith us
And live toniAmght 'cause you can't take it wFith ya  (let's go)
[Bridge]
  C(Hey hey Ghey hey  Amhey hey   Fheyyyyy...)
tonight we're celebrating lCife
those are all my IGrish goons in the background, Amput 'em up  hah!F  
Call the way from Ireland    Gto the states
   Amfrom FDublin to Boston,
   CGrafton to SeatGtle
my whole AmHaggerty family,  Fthis one's for you, let's go
[Verse 3]
   C      G       Am       Fand all my people say
    Call over the woGrld
   Ameven if you aren't Irish   Fput your glasses Cup
     G      AmRyan LFewis    and all my people say
  CThat's IGrelandAm  F  
[Outro]
           N.C.
Irish Celebration
N.C.
 and all my people say
           N.C.
We put our glass to the sky and lift up
              N.C.                        N.C.
And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya
           N.C.                            N.C.
So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us
          N.C.                            N.C.
And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

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Irish Celebration

by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 2

[Intro]

C G Am F

[Verse 1]

C G

I'm an Irishman, leather weathered Irish skin

Am F

Beard orange as the sunset over the flag

C G

In the night sky we fly it in, pride for the life we fight to live

Am F

History, I write with it, spit it with the dialect

C G

And this is a celebration of course

Am F

The green, white, orange

C G

And when they pulled up on that shore, first generation born

Am F

Toast to those that made it on a boat to New York (New York!)

C G

And when the English came, the colonizer came

Am F

They filled up bottles of gasoline, turned 'em into balls of flame

C G

And hurled 'em to protect what's ours, don't touch these lucky charms

Am F

Whole bunch of Irish screamin' "Fuck the London Guard"

C G

I'm kidding not dissin' London, this bloody war

Am F

But go against the Irish and get a bloody jaw

C G

Preach nonviolence but remind of the scars

Am F

And the bias, put a pint up everybody sing a song

[Instrumental]

C G Am F

[Chorus]

C G

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

C G

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

C G

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

C G

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

[Verse 2]

C G

From New England to New Brunswick, Galway to Dublin

Am F

A rebellious nation of freckled face hustlers

C G

Heart, blue collared workers and family

Am F

My heritage, proud to be a Haggerty

C G

Now with whiskey in our veins, Claiming were the bravest men

Am F

I drank Old Crow, but pretended it was Jameson

C G

Dad sipped Guiness, I sipped Old English

Am F

'Til he sat me down at 16 and said, "Boy, this is what a beer is."

C G

I put down the drink, I couldn't drink like a gentleman

Am F

That doesn't mean I couldn't make a drinkin' song for the rest of 'em

C G

Challenge us in football, yeah we might lose

Am F

But don't put us next to a bar stool

C G

We take the history, script it in song

Am G

Light the torch then you pass it on

C G

That's right I said, lineage through the rhythm we script it from the palm

Am F

and we give til' Ireland is on, bottoms up

[Chorus]

C G

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

C G

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

C G

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

C G

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

Am F

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya (let's go)

[Bridge]

C G Am F

(Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyyyyy...)

tonight we're celebrating life

G Am F

those are all my Irish goons in the background, put 'em up hah!

C G

all the way from Ireland to the states

Am F

from Dublin to Boston,

C G

Grafton to Seattle

Am F

my whole Haggerty family, this one's for you, let's go

[Verse 3]

C G Am F

and all my people say

C G

all over the world

Am F C

even if you aren't Irish put your glasses up

G Am F

Ryan Lewis and all my people say

C G Am F

That's Ireland

[Outro]

N.C.

Irish Celebration

N.C.

and all my people say

N.C.

We put our glass to the sky and lift up

N.C. N.C.

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

N.C. N.C.

So raise a pint for the people that aren't with us

N.C. N.C.

And live tonight 'cause you can't take it with ya

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