{"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":80177,"song":"Poor Paddy","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80177-poor-paddy-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80177?type=chord","rating":3.3538,"votes":5,"content":"***POOR PADDY - Traditional. Arr. The Pogues\r\nfrom the album \"Red Roses For Me\"\r\n\r\nPoor Paddy - as perfomed by The Pogues\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe corduroy breeches I put on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMe corduroy breeches I put on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm weary of the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-two\r\nFrom Hartlepool I moved to Crewe\r\nFound myself a job to do\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA working on the railway[/tab]\r\n\r\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\r\nDodging pitches, as I was\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWorking on the Railway[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-three\r\nI broke the shovel across me knee\r\nI went to work for the company\r\nOn the Leeds to Selby railway\r\n\r\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\r\nDodging pitches, as I was\r\nWorking on the Railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-four\r\nI landed on the Liverpool shore\r\nMy belly was empty me hands were raw\r\nWith working on the railway, the railway\r\nI'm sick to my guts of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-five\r\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\r\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\r\nAnd working on the railway\r\n\r\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\r\nDodging pitches, as I was\r\nWorking on the Railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-six\r\nI changed my trade to carrying bricks\r\nI changed my trade to carrying bricks\r\nTo work upon the railway\r\n\r\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\r\nDodging pitches, as I was\r\nWorking on the Railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-seven\r\nPoor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven\r\nThe old bugger was thinking of going to Heaven\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm sick to my death of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\r\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\r\nDodging pitches, as I was\r\nWorking on the Railway [Paddy Works on the Railway]\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-one\r\nMy corduroy breeches I put on\r\nMy corduroy breeches I put on\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-two\r\nI didn't know what I should do\r\nI didn't know what I should do\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-three\r\nI sailed away across the sea\r\nI sailed away across the sea\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-four\r\nI landed on Columbia's shore\r\nI landed on Columbia's shore\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-five\r\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\r\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-six\r\nI made my trade to carrying bricks\r\nI made my trade to carrying bricks\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-seven\r\nPoor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven\r\nPoor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\r\n\r\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-eight\r\nI learned to drink my whiskey straight\r\nI learned to drink my whiskey straight\r\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\r\nI'm weary of the railway\r\nPoor Paddy works on the railway","plain_text":"***POOR PADDY - Traditional. Arr. The Pogues\nfrom the album \"Red Roses For Me\"\n\nPoor Paddy - as perfomed by The Pogues\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-two\nFrom Hartlepool I moved to Crewe\nFound myself a job to do\n\n\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\nDodging pitches, as I was\n\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-three\nI broke the shovel across me knee\nI went to work for the company\nOn the Leeds to Selby railway\n\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\nDodging pitches, as I was\nWorking on the Railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-four\nI landed on the Liverpool shore\nMy belly was empty me hands were raw\nWith working on the railway, the railway\nI'm sick to my guts of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-five\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\nAnd working on the railway\n\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\nDodging pitches, as I was\nWorking on the Railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-six\nI changed my trade to carrying bricks\nI changed my trade to carrying bricks\nTo work upon the railway\n\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\nDodging pitches, as I was\nWorking on the Railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-seven\nPoor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven\nThe old bugger was thinking of going to Heaven\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm sick to my death of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nI was wearing corduroy breeches\nDigging ditches, pulling switches\nDodging pitches, as I was\nWorking on the Railway [Paddy Works on the Railway]\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-one\nMy corduroy breeches I put on\nMy corduroy breeches I put on\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-two\nI didn't know what I should do\nI didn't know what I should do\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-three\nI sailed away across the sea\nI sailed away across the sea\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-four\nI landed on Columbia's shore\nI landed on Columbia's shore\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-five\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\nWhen Daniel O'Connell he was alive\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-six\nI made my trade to carrying bricks\nI made my trade to carrying bricks\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-seven\nPoor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven\nPoor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway\n\nIn eighteen hundred and forty-eight\nI learned to drink my whiskey straight\nI learned to drink my whiskey straight\nTo work upon the railway, the railway\nI'm weary of the railway\nPoor Paddy works on the railway","chords":["E","B7","E7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}