G C Now there are those who like to think G D We'd be best without the drink G Em C D No beer, ale, or frothy pints of porter G C So let's hypothesize G D How it would change your lives G C D G If everyone were only drinkin' water [Pre-Chorus] D There'd be no public houses C D No bars to take your spouses G C D No party kegs or cans to celebrate C D No deliriums, or visions C D Regrettable decisions C D G No excuses to be coming home too late [Chorus] C D So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand Em Am D G You can pry my beer from my cold dead hand! Em D G Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down Em D G Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down Em D G [Verse 2] G C There'd be no swingin' from the rafters G D No bleary morning after G Em C D We wouldn't challenge strangers to a fight G C There'd be no singing 'round the fire G D With a drunken boozy choir G C D G We'd all be home and tucked up for the night [Pre-Chorus] D We'd have no way to wake the dead C D We couldn't wet the baby's head G C D Or toast the bachelor or bride-to-be C D We'd have no cheery pint to sup C D Watching Ireland lose the cup C D G We'd barely need to go and have a pee [Chorus] C D So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand Em Am D G You can pry my beer from my cold dead hand! Em D G Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!) Em D G Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!) [Instrumental] Em D G C G D G Em C D G C G D G C D G [Bridge] G C For every barmaid, every waiter G D Both sides of the equator G Em C D Would be out of work and livin' on the dole G C The wealth of every nation G D Depends upon libations G C D G Beer it seems is worth its weight in gold [Pre-Chorus] D Well we've assessed the pros and cons C D Tallied up both the rights and wrongs G C D The hellfire into which we could be hurled C D Now get that pint into your face C D You can save the human race C D G You're drinking for the future of the world! [Chorus] C D So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand Em Am D G You can pry my beer from my cold dead hand! Em D G Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!) Em D G Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!)