D
As I was walking down a Dublin street
  G            D
A lovely sunny day
  D
I came across a ragged ol’ man
Bm
Sittin’ in my way
     D
His clothes were old, an eye was gone
    G                   D
His beard was long and gray
   Bm
I asked him what he wanted
                  A          D
He said: ”This is what I’ll say:”

[Chorus]
           A               D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A         Bm
I’m gonna drink until I’m drunk and never gonna stop
          A                D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A          D
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up

[Verse 2]
          D
I went fishing off the coast of my
  G            D
Beloved Ireland green
  D
I got a wondrous catch
           Bm
It was the first I’d ever seen
     D
A mermaid sweet and fair
            G                D
With curly hair and eyes so green
   Bm
I asked her what she wanted
             A          D
She said: ”Listen carefully:”

[Chorus]
           A               D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A         Bm
I’m gonna drink until I’m drunk and never gonna stop
          A                D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A          D
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up

[Verse 3]
          D
Outside a burnt-out church
          G            D
With his head in his hands
  D
There sat a priest mumbling
     Bm
To himself some pious chants
     D
With empty eyes he seemed so lost
    G             D
Abandoned by his saints
   Bm
I asked him what he wanted
             A          D
He said ”These are my demands:”

[Chorus]
           A               D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A         Bm
I’m gonna drink until I’m drunk and never gonna stop
          A                D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A          D
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up

[Verse 4]
          D
In a pub an army captain sat
  G            D
Sippin’ on his beer
  D
He’d been a soldier all his life
Bm
Killing everywhere
     D
”I hate that bloody king” he whispered
G              D
With an angry sneer
   Bm
I asked him what he wanted
          A              D
He said ”This is why I’m here:”
[Chorus]

           A               D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A         Bm
I’m gonna drink until I’m drunk and never gonna stop
          A                D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A          D
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up

[Outro]
           A               D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A         Bm
I’m gonna drink until I’m drunk and never gonna stop
          A                D
I’m gonna drink, I’m gonna drink
          G                D          A          D
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up
          G                D          A          Bm
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up
          G               Bm          A    G     D
I’m gonna drink my way to heaven and never sober up