Key: G minor
Verse 1
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Lemme
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tell you a little story about a man named Johnny Tarr
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He was a hard drinking son of a preacher,
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always at the bar
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Lager from the tap or shots of
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Paddy from the shelf
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He could open his throttle and throw backa bottl as quickas the
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devil himself ... Johnny Tarr!
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Verse 2
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Word got around that Johnny Tar
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r was no pretender,
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From Clare to here they'd lock up the beer
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when Johnny went on a bender
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Down at Dickey Mack's,
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the Rising Sun, or at the Swan
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If he was drinking at seven by ten to eleven well all the
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booze woulb be gone! Johnny Tarr!
Verse 3
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Even if you say it yourself,
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And I wouldn't trust a person like me,
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I wasn't there,
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I swear I have an alibi
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I heard it from a man who knows a
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fell who says it's true!
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on a cold rainy night,
looking to get tight
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He had money in his pocket,
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He said: Get up off your asses and set up the glasses,
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I'm drinking this place dry!
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Verse 5
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Now all the serious boozers,
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When Johnny finished off six and he was
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only getting started
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Guzzling down the pints,
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He was lookin' alright to be drinkin' all night,
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then Nora brought out the Brandy! Johnny Tarr!
Verse 6
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Even if you say it yourself,
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And I wouldn't trust a person like me,
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I wasn't there, I swear I have an alibi
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I heard it from a man who knows a fell who says it's true!
Interlude 1
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had another pint or two,
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When it made no impression he started his
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session with Murphy's Millenium Brew
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He was waiting for a pint
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when his face turned green
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Jesus, Johnny fell down
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could have heard a pin drop,
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lift Johnny off the floor!
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The doctor looked him over and said you
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bet ter call the hearse:
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but it's not what you're thinkin' it wasn't
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the drinkin' this man died of thirst
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Verse 9
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Even if you say it yourself,
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And I wouldn't trust a person like me,
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I wasn't there, I swear I have an alibi
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I heard it from a man who knows a fell who says it's true!
Outro 1
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