{"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":2821187,"song":"Sail On Jimmy","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11640509-sail-on-jimmy-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2821187?type=chord","rating":4.75258,"votes":87,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey laid out the body[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that peaceful pagan home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo pay their last respects[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the neighbours came along[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the wee hours of the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPagan words from a whisky still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFall in from the bushes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSworn enemies are friends again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone spilt Porter on the corpse[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the middle of a song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the stories kept on coming back[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom 1941[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, Jimmy boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom this Irish Pagan ritual[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMad Mary from the crossroads[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrabbed my arse for all to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll tell your fortune Scoby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you come on home with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the name of God now Mary[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome respect for the dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can't be grabbing arses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt a Pagan ritual[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, Jimmy boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom this Irish Pagan ritual[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFather Tim is telling Tommy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow the Israelites came in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Tommy's eating sandwiches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat are piled up next to him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone started singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh Revenge for Skibereen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a French lad there translating[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the next door neighbours daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJean Louis and lovely Angelie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, Jimmy boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom this Irish Pagan ritual[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the wee hours of the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were howling at the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the Mystic wind took Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWay up to the Mystic room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nUp up up up up he's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn peace to save us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGone with a Mystic blessing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom that peaceful Pagan ritual[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, Jimmy boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom this Irish Pagan ritual[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, Jimmy boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSail on, sail on Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom this Irish Pagan ritual[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","Em","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}