AmFCG
Oh, whiskey's the life of man, but whiskey's mostly water
AmFCGF
And it's whiskey fuels the worker and corrupts his only daughter
CFCF
The mountain water in the still, the copper pipes a-steamin'
EmDmG
There'll soon be whiskey in the glass and dreamers gone to dreamin'
[Chorus]
FEm
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
FDmG
A young girl's prayer, an old man's thoughts a-reelin'
FGAm
Two lovers stealin', the moonlight beamin'
DmGC
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
[Verse]
AmFCG
Oh, I met her down in Dublin town, like a bottle fly I fell
AmFCGF
To the spider in the Blackbush of the old railway hotel
CFC
I spun my web from Liffey's walls, to the back room down at Whelan's
FEmDmG
But, oh, how sweet my poison, now is drowning in the dreamin'
[Chorus]
FEm
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
FDmG
A young girl's prayer, an old man's thoughts a-reelin'
FGAm
Two lovers stealin', the moonlight beamin'
DmGC
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
[Instrumental]
FAmDmGC
[Verse]
AmFCG
Oh, whiskey's made of water, lads, barley, corn or malt
AmFCGF
And man and woman's water, mixed with poetry and salt
CFC
Bring on the pullin' of the tides, the flash of eyes a-gleamin'
FEmDmG
When passion blends the elements, the yeast is but the dreamin'
[Chorus]
FEm
Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the dreamin'
FDmG
A young girl's prayer, an old man's thoughts a-reelin'
FGAm
Two lovers stealin', the moonlight beamin'
DmGC
The search for meaning, leads through the dreamin'
AmFC
Oh, whiskey's the life of man