Chords for Johnny Tarr - Gaelic Storm

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Let [Gm] me tell you a little story about a man named [Dm] Johnny Tarr, he [Gm] was a hard [F] drinking
son of a [Gm] preacher, always out [Dm] to bar.
[Gm] Larger [Dm] from the tap were [Gm] shots of Paddy Frost [Dm] on the shelf, [Gm] he'd open his [Dm] fartle and throw
back a bottle [Gm] as drunk as the devil [Dm] himself, Johnny [Gm] Tarr.
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[Gm] And the word got [Dm] around that [Gm] Johnny Tarr was [Dm] no pretender.
[Gm] From [F] Clare to here they'd lock up their [Gm] beer when Johnny went [Dm] on a bender, [Gm] down at [F] Dickie
Max, their [Gm] rising sun, or a [Dm]
swan.
[Gm] He was drinking by [Dm] seven, by ten to eleven, when [C] all the booze
would be gone, Johnny _ Tarr.
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[Gm] And even [F] if you saw it [Bb] yourself, you [C] wouldn't believe it, [Gm] but I wouldn't [F] trust a [Bb] person
like me if [C] I were you.
[Gm] I [Fm] wasn't there, I [Bb] swear I [C] have an alibi, [Gm] heard it [Bb] from the man who
knows the fella who [C] says it's true.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ It was nine [Dm] in the morning, on a cold and rainy night, Johnny [Gm]
walked to [Dm] the castle [Gm] bar,
looking to [F] get tight, [Gm] he had money in [Dm] his pocket, [Gm] he had whiskey in [Dm] his eye, he said
[Gm] get off of your [Dm] asses and set up the [Gm] glasses, I'm drinking this [Dm] glass dry.
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_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] Now all the [Dm] serious boozers, [Gm] they were soon [Dm] broken hearted, [Gm] when Johnny [Dm] finished off six,
[Gm] and he was only [Dm] getting started, guzzling down the pints, [Gm] and knocking them [F] back like
handy.
[Gm] He was looking on right [Dm] to be drinking all [Gm] night, and Nora brought out the brandy,
[C] Johnny Tarr.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Bb] [G] And even [F] if you saw it [Bb] yourself, you [C] wouldn't believe it, [Gm] but I wouldn't trust a person
[Bb] like me if [C] I were you.
[Gm] Sure I [Bb] wasn't there, I swear I [C] have an alibi, [Gm] I heard it [Bb] from the
man who knows the fella who [C] says it's true. _
_ _ Here we go Sheila, [Eb] go! _ _
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_ _ Johnny drank the [Dm] whole damn bottle, [G] had another [Dm] pint or two, [G] when it made no [Dm] impression he
started to [Gm] say, you hit Murphy's [Dm] Millennium Brew.
[Gm] He was waiting for [Dm] his pint, [Gm] when his
face [Dm] turned green, [Gm] Jesus [Dm] Johnny fell down [Gm] after only [F] fifteen.
[Gm] Now you could have heard
[Dm] a pin drop, [Gm] and the crowd let [Dm] out a roar, [Gm] it took five [Dm]-car women to [Gm] lift Johnny [Dm] off
the floor.
[Gm] The doctor looked him over, said you better [F] call the horse, [G] but it's not what
you're [Dm] thinking, it [Gm] wasn't the drinking, [C] this man died of thirst, Johnny Tarr. _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Gm] And even [F] if you saw it [Bb]
yourself, you [C] wouldn't believe it, [Gm] but I wouldn't [F] trust a [Bb] person
like me if [C] I were you.
[Gm] Sure I wasn't [Bb] there, I swear [C] I have an [Gm] alibi, I heard it [Bb] from the
man who knows the fella who [C] says it's true.
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And [Gm] even [F] if you saw it [Bb] yourself, you [C] wouldn't [Bb] believe it, I wouldn't trust a person like
me [C] if I were you.
[G] Sure I [Bb] wasn't there, I swear [C] I have an [Gm] alibi, I heard it from the man who
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