The Irish Drinking Song Cifras

* = strum once
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
       G
It was Christmas in Kirkubbin
C               G
Nineteen-Eighty-One
    G
The boys were mashin' whisky
        D
And the girls were drinkin' rum
               G
And though the holly green was hangin'
        C             G
And the mistletoe was hung
                      D                           G
I couldn't sleep that Christmas 'til the deed was done
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G
I said li-dee-die-dee-dee-dum
C              G
Li-dee-die-dee-dee
G              C
Kill a fuckin' Englishman
    D                G
And throw him in the sea
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G
So I stepped out from the merriment
        C              G
Found a soldier by the dam
G
I took out both me knuckles
           D
And I said “fight me like a man”
G
And he tried to calm me senses
    C             G
But I was fuckin' gone
G                       D
So I took out a fuckin' hatchet
                       G
And I cut off both his arms
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G
I said li-dee-die-dee-dee-dum
C              G
Li-dee-die-dee-dee
G              C
Kill a fuckin' Englishman
    D                G
And throw him in the sea
 
 
G (softer)
Now before this next part, just remember
I'm a really good guy in my personal life
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G
So I ripped out all his organs
C                         G
As I cursed the Queen and King
G
Me eyes rolled back into me head
      D
And I couldn't feel a thing
          G
And I bet they could hear me screamin'
C              G
Down in County Cork
G
I went
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
C                    G
Li-deedle-lee-da-lie-dum
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G
I said li-dee-die-dee-dee-dum
C              G
Li-dee-die-dee-dee
G              C
Kill a fuckin' Englishman
    D                G
And throw him in the sea
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
     G*
So I came back to the party
C*                G*
Soldier's head in hand
    G*
The boys they stopped a dancin'
         D*
And they quieted the band
           G*
And I said this is for the Republic
       C*              G*
But my work here isn't done
      G*                                  D*
And I gave that English soldier's head to Colin
N.C.
My only son
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        G
I said li-dee-die-dee-dee-dum
C              G
Li-dee-die-dee-dee
G              C
Kill a fuckin' Englishman
    D               G
And throw him in the sea
 
Everybody
 
G
I said li-dee-die-dee-dee-dum
C              G
Li-dee-die-dee-dee
G              C
Kill a fuckin' Englishman
    D               G
And throw him in the sea
 
G
I said li-dee-die-dee-dee-dum
C              G
Li-dee-die-dee-dee
G              C
Kill a fuckin' Englishman
    D               G
And throw him in the sea
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