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Irish Rovers Miscellaneous Wasn't That A Party CHORUS: 1 * * * Could've been the whiskey * * * * Might've been the gin * * * * Could've been the three or four six-packs, I don't know 17 * * But look at the mess I'm in * 4 * * My head is like a football * 1 * * I think I'm going to die * 5 * * Tell me, me oh, me oh my * 1 * * Wasn't that a party 1 * * * Someone took a grapefruit * * * * Wore it like a hat * * * * * I saw someone under my kitchen table 57 * * Talking to my old tom cat * 4 * They were talking about hockey * 1 * The cat was talking back * 5 * * Long about then every-thing went black * 1 * * Wasn't that a party (CHORUS) * 4 * * I'm sure it's just my memory * 1 * * Playing tricks on me 2 * * * But I think I saw my buddy * * 5 * Cutting down my neighbour's tree (CHORUS) GO TO PAGE TWO NOTES: - Chords change on each verse - no pattern - Last verse can be raised a whole tone WASN'T THAT A PARTY (PAGE TWO) * 4 * * Billy Joe and Tommy * 1 * * Well they went a little far 2 * * * They were sitting in the back yard, blowing on a sireen * * 5 * >From somebody's police car * 1 * * So you see, Your Honour * * * * It was all in fun * * * * The little bitty track meet down on main street * 57 * * Was just to see if the cops could run * 4 * * Well they run us in to see you * 1 * * In an alcoholic haze * 5 * * I sure can use those thirty days * 1 * * To re-cover from the party (CHORUS) ENDING: CHORUS, REPEATING "wasn't that a party" SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure CHORDS (Number System): - Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Key of C: C D E F G A B |
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