{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1043735,"song":"Paddy","artist":"Mike Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11230405-paddy-chords-by-mike-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1043735?type=chord","rating":4.55855,"votes":3,"content":"A great new song from Mike Denver. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom his window he watches as people, come and go on their way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRushin to catch the train homewards, as he often did in his day.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe remembers the dark of the mornings, the days he worked in the rain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nthe good times the bad times the friends that the knew, he'll never see them [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nagain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt night when the streets are deserted, except for the take away signs[/tab]\r\n\r\nhe thinks of the men that he worked with, on the buildings the roads and the \r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nmines[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe girl that he met in the galtee, he thought he might make her his own.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMaybe if there was less drinkin', he wouldn't have wound up alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nP is for powerful when put to the test, A is for always doin' your best,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nD is for doin' if it can be done, and D is for drinkin' when work it is done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nY is for yearnin' to see home again, proud to be Irish and hard workin' men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nPaddy remember though your day is done, you're the rock that England stands [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\non.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe never explained just what happened, the years seemed to pass like a day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas it the rain or the shovel, took the strength from his limbs away.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes he thinks of the boreen, that led from his house to the lane.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the fields that he worked with his father, he'll never see them again.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nP is for powerful when put to the test, A is for always doin' your best,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nD is for doin' if it can be done, and D is for drinkin' when work it is done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nY is for yearnin' to see home again, proud to be Irish and hard workin' men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPaddy remember though your day is done, you're the rock that England stands [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\non.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs he makes his way back to the shelter, rain starts to fall on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA young man just in from Cork City, asks him where work can be found.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"son take a long look at Paddy, and remember what ever you do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis broken old man that you're seein, was once a young man just like you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nP is for powerful when put to the test, A is for always doin' your best,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nis for doin' if it can be done, and D is for drinkin' when work it is done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                             \r\nY is for yearnin' to see home again, proud to be Irish and hard workin' men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]             \r\nPaddy remember though your day is done, you're the rock that England stands [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\non. Chorus X2[/tab]\r","plain_text":"A great new song from Mike Denver. Enjoy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhe thinks of the men that he worked with, on the buildings the roads and the \n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["A","C","G","G7","F","D","E","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}