The Best Of Friends Must Part chords by The Irish Rovers

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Verse 1
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It's grand to
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see old friends again as we come rambling through
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And talk about the times we've
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had and raise a glass or two
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For when we are together
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off on memories we recall
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And long will I remember your
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kindness to us all
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Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I

Verse 2
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can no longer stay
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For the night has gone and now's
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the hour to go our separate ways
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It's time to pass the parting
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glass and toast to company
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Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever
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you may be
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Long have we been comrades and true

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Verse 3
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friends since first we've met
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And never has an angry word
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passed between us yet.
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Many's the night we've laughed and
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sung until the break of day
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And fondly will I think on you
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when I am far away.
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Farewell to you, I

Verse 4
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bid adieu,
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I  can no longer stay
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For the night has gone and now's
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the hour to go our separate ways
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It's time to pass the parting
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glass and toast to company
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Good luck and joy be with you
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all, wherever you may be
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It's sad I am for

Verse 5
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leaving but the
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best of friends must part
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I'm going to a foreign shore al
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though it grieves my heart
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We'll put our trust in provid
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ence that soon we'll meet again
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I wish you health and happiness,
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good for tune, un til then

Verse 6
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Farewell to you,
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I bid adieu, I can no longer stay
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For the night has gone and now's
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the hour to go our separate ways
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It's time to pass the parting
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glass and toast to company
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Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be

Interlude 1

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And when I'm on some for
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eign shore far across the sea
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I'll keep you close beside me,
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you'll be in my memory
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And when the stormy winds do
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blow and hard times win the day
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Our laughter and our friendship
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sure will clear the clouds away.
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Farewell to you, I

Verse 8
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bid adieu,
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I  can no longer stay
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For the night has gone and now's the
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hour to go our separate ways
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It's time to pass the parting
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glass and toast to company
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Good luck and joy be with you
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all, wherever you may be

Verse 9
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Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I
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can no longer stay
For the night has gone and now's the
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hour to go our separate ways
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It's time to pass the parting
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glass and toast to company
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Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be