{"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":2452867,"song":"Paddys Lamentation","artist":"Linda Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11501911-paddys-lamentation-chords-by-linda-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2452867?type=chord","rating":4.90246,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, it's by the hush, me boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sure, that's to hold your noise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd listen to poor Paddy's lamentation[/tab]\r\n\r\nOh, I was by hunger pressed\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in poverty distressed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I took a thought, I'd leave me Irish nation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I sold me horse and cow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMe little pigs and sow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMe little plot of land and I, we parted[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd me sweetheart Brid McGee\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm afraid I'll never see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor I left her there that morning, broken-hearted[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, here's you boys, now take my advice[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo America I'll have you's not be coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Csus4[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere is nothing here but war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the murderin' cannons roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, meself and a hundred more[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo America sailed o'er[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOur fortunes to be made, we were thinkin'[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut when we got to Yankee land\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey shoved a gun into our hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I thought myself in luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo be fed on Indian buck[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd old Ireland, the place that I delight in[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut wit' the Devil, I do say\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCurse Americay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor I am sick and tired of this hard fighting[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, here's you boys, now take my advice[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo America I'll have you's not be coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Csus4[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere is nothing here but war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the murderin' cannons roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD    G    D    G    Em    D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nOh, I was by hunger pressed\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nAnd me sweetheart Brid McGee\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD    C  Am  D  C  D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nBut when we got to Yankee land\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nBut wit' the Devil, I do say\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","Em","C","Am","F","Dm","Csus4","Am7","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}