{"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":1820371,"song":"Poor Paddy On The Railway","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11401892-poor-paddy-on-the-railway-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1820371?type=chord","rating":4.79442,"votes":32,"content":"Poor Paddy On The Railway - The Dubliners\r\n\r\nFrom the album \"A drop of the hard stuff\"\r\n\r\nOriginal Key: G\r\n\r\nRefrain 1 : (Slow)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty one, me corduroy breeches I put on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe corduroy breeches I put on, to work upon the railway, the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm weary of the railway, poor Paddy works on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty two, from Hartlepool I moved to Crewe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I found meself a job to do, workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was wearing corduroy britches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty three I broke me shovel across me knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd went to work with the company in the Leeds and Selby Railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was wearing corduroy britches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\nRefrain 2 : (Slow)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty four I landed on the Liverpool shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                             [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe belly was empty, me hands were raw with workin' on the railway, the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm weary of the railway, poor Paddy works on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty five, when Daniel O'Connell he was alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive and workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was wearing corduroy britches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty six I changed me trade from carryin' bricks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChanged me trade from carryin' bricks to workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was wearing corduroy britches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was workin' on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\nRefrain 3 : (Slow)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                              [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty seven poor Paddy was thinkin' of goin' ta heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPoor Paddy was thinkin' of goin' ta heaven, to work upon the railway, the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm weary of the railway, poor Paddy works on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro to tempo:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was wearing corduroy britches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was workin' on the railway[/tab]","plain_text":"Poor Paddy On The Railway - The Dubliners\n\nFrom the album \"A drop of the hard stuff\"\n\nOriginal Key: G\n\nRefrain 1 : (Slow)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefrain 2 : (Slow)\n\n\n\n\n#3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefrain 3 : (Slow)\n\n\n\n\nOutro to tempo:","chords":["A","G","D7","C","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}