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From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca> Subject: i/irish_rovers/wasnt_that_a_party.num WASN'T THAT A PARTY Time: 2/2 Tenor: E Bass: C - D CHORUS: 1 * * * Could've been the whiskey

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Might've been the

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gin

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Could've been the

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three or four

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six-packs,

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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

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Wore it like a

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hat

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I saw

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someone

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under my

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kitchen

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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

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It was all in

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fun

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The

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little bitty

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track meet

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down on

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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 - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt - Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)