~ Raised on Black and Tans by Gaelic Storm ~ ============================================ comments, corrections, etc horsygirl321@yahoo.com G G I was raised on Black and Tans, D G with Ronnie Drew, and Van the Man G I go off to mass on Sunday D G and then it's back to the pub on Monday C I've got a sister Meghan D with a Celtic cross tattoo C I'll tell you a few stories G D and every one of them is true [[CHORUS]] C D My mother's, brother's, sister's, cousin's, auntie's C D G Uncle Barney's, father's, brother had a counsin from Killarney G Well my great-grandda, and his mates D G they tried to make it to the States G his great uncle, he was a failure D G he got deported off to Australia C so they stowed upon a steamer D on the famous White Star Line C I was raised upon these stories G D since i was the age of nine [[CHORUS]] G Well my great uncle, he liked the races D G he liked the dogs and steeplechases G his wife, my dear old auntie D G she kept a teashop way, way down in Bantry C but he fixed a race in Donegal D and now he's got to hide C with the sticky buns and cakes and guns G D and whiskey on the side [[CHORUS]] G I was raised on Black and Tans D G with Ronnie Drew and Van the Man G I go to mass on Sunday D G and the it's back to the pub on Monday C I'm from the wrong side of the south side D of an Irish neighborhood C I've never been to Ireland G D but I know it's in my blood [[CHORUS]]