This is how I accompany this song in a very simple and modest manner.

LOVERS AND FRIENDS                                     Seán Mone, Keady, Armagh

Dm          C          Bb               Am
Battles and wars leave deep wounds and scars
      Dm             C          Dm
and deep wounds are long in the mending
          Dm       C Bb            Am
while reflecting upon all that has gone
Dm         C         Dm
life rushes on to its ending
         Dm         C          Dm         Am
though sorrow and pain in our memories remain
         Dm                     Am
and by memories lifetimes are measured
            Dm             C          Bb          Am
still the times that we spend among lovers and friends
      Dm            C            Dm
are times we'll remember with pleasure
            Dm            C         Dm         Am
        So fill up your glass that future and past
            Dm          Am
        in harmony be determined
                           Dm             C
        For there's more friendship poured out
               Bb         C
        In one bottle of stout
                     Dm       C         Dm
        Than you'll find in statute or sermon