If It Weren't For The Irish Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]If[Bb][F][Em][A]
it [D]wer
en't for the Irish,
you'd [A]have to forsake
Sweet [F#m]Rosie [Fdim]O 'Grady and
[A]Finnegan's Wake
And my [Em]wild Irish [A]rose
that you sing [D]louder
Than the [Bm]overalls in [E]Mrs. Murphy's [A]chowder
If it [D]weren't for the Irish,
[A]you'd lose from the start
Your father's [D]shil[Fdim]lelagh and
[A]peg of my heart
There would [B]be no stew the
Mulligans made
There would be no St.
Patrick's [A]Day parade
There would [Em]be no pickin' shamrock,
[D]no wea[G]rin' of the gre[D]en
And there'd [Bm]be no one to [E]ever
take you [A]home [E]again, Kath[A]leen
If it [D]weren't for the Irish,
there [A]never would be
A Johnny McCor[Fdim]mack,
a [A]Mother McCree
When your [D]Irish eyes are [Bm]smiling,
you would [G]never see [Em]them
And if it [D]weren't for the Irish,
if it [G]weren't for the Irish,
if it [Bb]weren't for [A]the Irish in [D]me
[G]All [C]our[F] Irish hearts are singing
gaily about me
father's old shillelagh we're wild about
And Irish stew,
the corned beef and cabbage
is wonderful too
Larny [Bb]stones and [F]lullabies,
leprechauns before your eyes
Hills of [Bb]green and lakes of blue,
and [F]think of the wonderful
[Bb]jig ging they do
And if [Eb]it weren't for the Irish,
there'd [Bb]be no Paddy's Peak
No bringing [Cm]up father[F],
no [Bb]Maggie and Jigs
There'd be [Fm]no blackthorn
stick for [Bb]your protection
[Eb]And no c[Cm]op upon the [F]beat to give direc[Bb]tion
If it [Eb]weren't for the Irish,
you'd [Bb]find us before
No corned beef [Cm]and cab[F]bage,
and [Bb]no dinty more
You would [C]never hear
of Paddy Duffy's cart
There would be no team
of Harrigan and [Bb]Bart
You would [Fm]be without policemen
[Eb]and force in every law
There would [Cm]be no Irish sweepstakes
[F]and no Geo[Bb]rge Bernard Sha[F]w
[Bb]If it we[Eb]ren't for the Irish,
there [Bb]never would be
Us tenors [Cm]of morning,
[F]the rol[Bb]es of Tralley
And the [Eb]shows of George M. Cohan,
you would [Ab]never see them
If it [Eb]weren't for the Irish,
weren't for the Irish
[B]Burn [Eb]for t[Cm]he Ir is[Ab]h in[Bb] me![Eb]