Chords for Paddy Reilly - The Leaving of Nancy

_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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In comes a train [C] and the whole platform [Am] shakes
[D] It stops with a shudder and [C] a screaming [G] of brakes
The _ parting has come, how my weary [Am] heart aches
[D] I'm leaving my _ [G] Nancy O
_ _ You stand there beside me [C] _
_ [Am] determinedly gay
[D] You talk of the weather [C] and events [G] of the day
But your eyes tell me all [C] that your tongue [Am] doesn't say
_ [D]
Goodbye my _ [G] Nancy O _ _ _
Come a little [C]
closer
_ [Am] _ Lay [D] your head upon [G] my _ shoulder _ _
Let me hold [C] you one last [Am] time
[D] Before _ the whistle [G] _
blows
_ _ My suitcase is lifted [C] and stowed on [Am] the train
[D] A thousand regrets _ [C] whirl around in [G] my brain
The ache in my heart [C] is a black sea [Am] of pain
[D] I'm leaving my Nancy [G]
O
_ _ _ You stand there beside me [C]
lovely to [Am] see
[D] But the grip of your hand is [C] an unspoken [G] plea
You're not fooling yourself _ [C] and you're not [Am] fooling me
_ [D]
Goodbye my Nancy [G] _
O _ _ _
Come a little [C]
closer
_ [Am] _ _ [D] Lay your head upon [G] my _ shoulder
_ Let _ me hold [C] you one more [Am] time
_ [D]
Before the whistle [G] _
_ blows
But the time has run out and [C] the whistle has [Am] blown
[D] So now I must leave you _ [C]
standing _ [G] alone
We had so little time, _ now the [Am] time's gone
[D] Goodbye _ my Nancy [G]
O _ _ _ _
As the train [C] starts gently [Am] to roll
[D] And as I lean out for [C] to wave and to [G] call
I see the first tears _ [C]
trickle and [Am] fall
[D] Goodbye _ my Nancy [G] O
_ _ _ Come _ _ a little [C]
closer
_ [Am] _ Lay [D] your head upon [G] my _ shoulder
_ Let me _ hold you [C] one more [Am] time
[D] Before _ the [D] whistle [G]
blows
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