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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
Would yDou ever think, if you looked at me, that I was Ain me Dprime? My Aclothes are torn and me shoes are worn and me age is forty A7nine Oh, DI had Afriends and Gpals gaAlore, but alas, those days are past And the Aonly friend that I have left is a A7poor old, shook old Dass
[Chorus]
Oh, a Dkind old friend and a true old pal, was this old Aass to Dme And Amany's the night he brought me home when I was on the A7spree He's Dhighly Abred, he’s Gbadly Afed for I don't own much grass He's a Ahare-um, scare-um, devil-may-care-um, A7great big roaming Dass
{Verse 2]
I Dbought this ass for a half a crown some many Ayears aDgo We Achanced to meet upon the street at the fair of A7Ballinasloe He Dtook me Ahigh and he Glooked so Afly with skin as smooth as glass And Asure I put down with a half of a crown and A7sailed home with me Dass
[Chorus]
Oh, a Dkind old friend and a true old pal, was this old Aass to Dme And Amany's the night he brought me home when I was on the A7spree He's Dhighly Abred, he’s Gbadly Afed for I don't own much grass He's a Ahare-um, scare-um, devil-may-care-um, A7great big roaming Dass
[Verse 2]
Oh, I'll Dne'er forget the day we met, at the Afair of BallinaDsloe. AUp and down through streets and town, the pair of us did A7go. And Dto deApart t'would Gbreak my Aheart, for no one could take his place, And Atell all of what I think of him, sure I A7think he's no disDgrace.
[Chorus]
Oh, a Dkind old friend and a true old pal, was this old Aass to Dme And Amany's the night he brought me home when I was on the A7spree He's Dhighly Abred, he’s Gbadly Afed for I don't own much grass He's a Ahare-um, scare-um, devil-may-care-um, A7great big roaming Dass