The parting
glass (1985)
Dm - C - Dm
Dm F C
Dm C
1. Of all the money that e‘er I had, I’ve
spent it in good company,
Dm F C
Dm C Dm
and
all the harm I’ve ever done, alas, it was to none but me.
F Gm F
C
And all I’ve done for want of wit, to
memory now I can’t recall,
Dm
F C Dm C
Dm
so fill to me the
parting glass, good night and joy be with you all.
+ Dm - C - Dm
Dm F C Dm C
2. Oh, all the comrades that e’er I had,
they’re sorry for my going away,
Dm
F C
and
all the sweethearts that e’er I had,
Dm C Dm
they’d
wish me one more day to stay.
F
Gm F C
But since it
falls unto my lot that I should rise and you should not,
Dm F
C Dm C
Dm
I’ll gently rise and softly call, good night and joy be with you
all.
+ Dm - C - Dm
Dm F C Dm C
3. If I had money enough to
spend and leisure time to sit awhile,
Dm F C Dm C
Dm
there is a fair maid in the town that surely has my heart
beguiled.
F Gm F C
Her rosy cheeks and rosy lips,
I own she has my heart enthralled,
Dm F C
Dm C
Dm
so fill to me the
parting glass, good night and joy be with you all..
+ Dm - C - Dm (2x)
(The Pogues)