Irish Rovers Wasn`t That A Party Lyrics

Wasn`t That A Party Lyrics

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)



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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