Verse# 1 E B7 All that trouble all that grief A E That's why I had to leave F#7 B7 Staying away too long is in defeat E B7 Why I'm Singing this song A E Why I'm Heading Back home B7 E That's what makes the Irish heart beat Verse# 2 I'm just like a hobo riding a train I'm like a gangster living in Spain Have to watch my back and I'm running out of time when roll the dice again If lady luck will call my name that's what makes the Irish heart beat Bridge: A Well that's what makes it beat E when I'm standing on the street F#7 and I'm standing underneath B7 this Wrigley's sign E B7 Oh so far away from home A E but I know I've to roam E that's what makes the B7 E Irish heart beat Solo: verse chords Bridge: And it was off to foreign climbs on the Piccadilly line we where standing underneath the Wrigley's sign so far away from home but know I've got roam that's what makes the Irish heart beat Verse# 3 Just like a sailor out on the foam any port in a storm where we tend to burn the candle at both ends Down the corridors of fame like the spark ignites the flame that's what makes the Irish heart beat But I roll the dice again If lady luck will call my name that's what makes the Irish heart beat Oh that's what make the Irish heart beat E That's what makes the B7 A E End Irish heart beat