Paddy Lay Back Chords by The Dreadnoughts, Nicholas Smyth, Nicholas Smyth

_ _ Whoo!
_ Twas a cold dreary morning in December, December,
When all of me money it was spent, spent, spent,
Where it went, oh Lord, I really can't remember, remember,
So down to the shipping office went, went, went,
[C] Paddy lay back, Paddy lay [G] back,
Taking yer slack, Taking yer slack,
Take a turn around the capstan [D] heave a ooooh,
[G] All around [C] ship [G] stations boys be handy,
_ Oh without the [D] man up I'll rise [G] around the hoard,
Ah that day there was a great demand for [B] sailors,
For sailors,
For the colonies and for Frisco and [D] for France,
France, France,
So I shipped [E] aboard a limey bark [B] the Hopspur,
The Hopspur,
And got paralytic drunk on [G] me advance,
Advance, [C] Advance,
Paddy lay back, Paddy lay back,
[G] Taking yer slack, Taking yer slack,
Take a [Bm] turn around the capstan heave a ooooh,
[F#] [G] All around [C] ship [G] stations boys be handy,
[B] [G] Oh without [D] the man up I'll rise around the [G] hoard,
Twas on the quarter deck when first I saw him,
I saw him,
Such an ugly bunch I'd never seen [F#m] before,
Bored, Bored,
For the captain he had shipped a crew [G] of Belgians,
Bleh,
And it made me poor old heart feel sick and sore,
Sore, sore,
[D] Paddy [C] lay back, Paddy lay back,
[G] Taking yer slack, Taking yer slack,
Take [Bm] a turn around the capstan heave a [F#] [D] ooooh,
[G] All around [C] ship stations [G] boys be handy,
_ Oh without the [D] man up I'll rise [G] around the hoard,
Ah but Jimmy the Rat he knew a thing or two sir,
A do sir,
And soon he'd ship me outward bound again,
Game, Game,
On a limey to the chinchiest for guano,
For guano,
And there I was a-roaring this refrain,
Refrain, [C] Refrain,
Paddy lay back, Paddy lay back,
[Bm] Taking yer slack, [G] Taking yer slack,
Take a turn around the capstan [D] heave a [F#m] ooooh,
[G] All around [C] ship stations [G] boys be handy,
[D] _ [G] Oh without the [D] man up I'll rise [G] around the hoard,
[D] And I asked the mate a witch a watch was mino,
Was mino,
Says he you'll soon find out a witch is witch,
Witch, Witch,
And he blowed me down and kicked me hard a sterno,
A sterno,
Calling me a dirty rotten son [G] of a bitch,
Bitch, [C] Bitch,
Paddy lay back, Paddy lay back,
Taking [G] yer slack, Taking yer slack,
Take a turn [Bm] around the capstan [D] heave a ooooh,
[G] All around [C] ship stations boys [G] be handy,
_ Oh without the man [D] up I'll rise [G] around the hoard,
Ah so there I was once again a sea boy,
A sea boy,
[F#m] The same old garbage over and over [G] again,
Game, Game,
So won't you step [C] the caps and make [G] some noise boys,
Make some noise boys,
And join me [D] on in singing the old [G] refrain, Pray, Pray,
Paddy [C] lay back, Paddy lay back,
[D] Taking [G] yer slack, Taking yer slack,
Take a turn [Bm] around the [D] capstan heave a ooooh,
[G] All around [C] ship stations boys [G] be [D] handy,
[G] Oh without the man up [D] I'll rise around [G] the hoard, _ _
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