G C D

[Verse 1]
G           C         D   D7
Sitting in bars and cafés
        Am          G
Writing songs about songs
    Em           D
And plays within plays
        C         G
But how rarely we dare
         Em             D
To write something that says
   C           G        D
Anything about bars and cafés


[Chorus]
                G
Be true to your bar
                 D
And don’t let it down
   C                          G
Or else it may not always be around
D               G
Be true to your friends
                     D
And let your friends know
    C                                   G
Without your bar you’d have no place to go

[Break]
G C D D7


[Verse 2]
G               C           D    D7
You can’t drink tea all day long
            Am          G
You’ll have two heart attacks
           Em              D
Before you write the third song
        C             G
And how barely you’ll care
       Em           D
If the rhythm’s all wrong
         C          G            D
Drinking Irish Breakfast all day long


[Verse 3]
G              C           D   D7
Eight hours is all you can take
   Am            G
Of tea at St. Dymphna’s
  Em             D
Until your hands shake
       C            G
Then repair to your lair
    Em            D
For booze and beefcake
           C               G           D
Eight more hours, till you can’t stay awake


[Chorus]
                G
Be true to your bar
                 D
And don’t let it down
   C                          G
Or else it may not always be around
D               G
Be true to your friends
                     D
And let your friends know
    C                                   G
Without your bar you’d have no place to go
D               G
Be true to your bar
                 D
And don’t let it down
   C                          G
Or else it may not always be around
D               G
Be true to your friends
                     D
And let your friends know
    C                                   G  D
Without your bar you’d have no place to go
                G
Be true to your bar