[INTRO] F F F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------| D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-| A:--------|--------|--------|--------| E:--------|--------|--------|--------| [CHORUS]

Could have been the ^Fwhiskey ^F Might have been the ^Fgin ^F Could have been the ^Fthree or four six packs ^FI don't know But ^Flook at the mess I'm ^Fin my head's a-like a ^Bbfootball ^Bb I think I'm gonna ^Fdie ^F Tell me ^Cme oh me oh ^Cmy Wasn't that a ^Fparty? ^F

F F F F F F F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---| A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-| A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|--------| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| [VERSE]

Someone took a ^Fgrapefruit ^F Wore it like a ^Fhat ^F I saw ^Fsomeone under my ^Fkitchen table ^Ftalking to my old tom ^Fcat They was talking about ^Bbhockey ^Bb The cat was talking ^F back ^F Long about ^Cthen everything went ^Cblack Wasn't that a ^Fparty? ^F

F F F F F F F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---| A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------3-| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| Bb Bb F F C C (ring) F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-1-0---| A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3~~~~~~~|--------|------3-| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| [BRIDGE]

I'm sure it's just my ^Bbmemory ^Bb Playing tricks on ^Fme ^F But I ^Gthink I saw my ^Gbuddy cutting ^Cdown my neighbour's ^Ctree

Bb Bb F F G G C C~~~~~~~ G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|----0-2-|--2-0---|--------|--------| A:1-------|1-------|----3---|----3---|--2-----|------2-|3-3-3-3-|3-------| E:--3-1-3-|--3-1-3-|--------|--------|3-------|--------|--------|--------| [CHORUS]

F F F F F F F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-0---0-|3-1-0---| A:----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|----3---|------3-| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| Bb Bb F F C C (ring) G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------| A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-------| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| [INSTRUMENTAL] (Piano solo) F F F F Bb Bb F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|------0-|3-1-0---|--------|--------|------0-|3-0---0-| A:----3---|----3---|--0-3---|------3-|1-------|1-------|--0-3---|----3---| E:--------|--------|1-------|--------|--3-1-3-|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------| (Sax solo) C Bb F F F F F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--0-1-2-|3-------|3-0-----|------0-|3-0---0-|------0-|3-0---0-| A:3-0---0-|1-------|----0-3-|----3-0-|--0-3---|----3---|--0-3---|----3---| E:----3---|--------|--1-----|--------|1-------|--------|1-------|--------| Bb Bb F F C Bb F F G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|------0-|3-0---0-|--------|--------|------0-|3-1-0---| A:1---1---|1-------|--0-3---|----3---|3-0---0-|1-------|--0-3---|------3-| E:--3---3-|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------|----3---|--3-1-3-|1-------|--------| [BRIDGE]

Billy Joe and ^BbTommy ^Bb Well they went a little ^Ffar ^F They was ^Gsitting in the back yard ^Gblowing on the siren From ^Gsomebody's police ^Ccar

Bb Bb F F G (let ring) C G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|--------|--------| A:1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|3 | E:--------|--------|--------|--------|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------| [VERSE]

So you see your ^Fhonor ^F It was all in ^Ffun ^F That little bitty ^Ftrack meet down on ^FMain Street was just to ^FSee if the cops could ^Frun Well they run us in to ^Bbsee you ^Bb In an alcoholic ^Fhaze ^F I sure could ^Cuse those thirty ^Cdays to recover from the ^Fparty ^F

Could have been the ^Gwhiskey ^G Might have been the ^Ggin ^G Could have been the ^Gthree or four six packs ^GI don't know But ^Glook at the mess I'm ^Gin my head is like a ^Cfootball ^C I think I'm gonna ^Gdie ^G Tell me ^Dme oh me oh ^Dmy Wasn't that a ^Gparty? ^G

G G G G G G G G G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-------| A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------2-| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--3-5---| C C G G D D (ring) G G G:--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|----0-2-|--2-0---|0-0-0-0-|0~~~~~~~|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-| A:3-0---0-|3-0---0-|--2-----|------2-|--------|--------|--------|--------| E:----3---|----3---|3-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| [CODA] G G G G G G G G G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-| A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| C C G G D D (ring) G G G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| D:--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-| A:3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|5~~~~~~~|--------|--------| E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| Tabbed by Michael Oxner moxner@nbnet.nb.ca

Irish Rovers - Wasnt that a party