The Night Pat Murphy Died Chords by Great Big Sea

[A] Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died [D] is a night I'll [A] never forget.
_ Some of the boys [F#m] got a load of drunk and [D] they ain't got [E] sober yet.
[A] As long as a bottle was passed [D] around, every man was [A] feeling gay.
O'Leary came with a bagpipe, some music for the play!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy.
That's [F#m] how they showed their honor [E] and their pride.
[A] They said it was a sin and a [D] shame and they winked at [A] one another.
And [E] every drink in the place was full the night that [A] Murphy died.
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[A] As Mrs.
Murphy sat in [D] corner pouring [A] out her grief,
Kelly [F#m] and his gang [D] came tearing [E] down the street.
[A] They went into an empty [D] room and a bottle of [A] whiskey stole.
They [E] put that bottle over their [D] car to [E] keep that [A] whiskey cold.
That's how they showed [D] their respect for [A] Paddy Murphy.
That's [F#m] how they showed their honor [E] and their pride.
[A] They said it was a sin and a [D] shame and they winked at [A] one another.
And [E] every drink in the place was [D] full the [E] night that [A] Murphy died.
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[D] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] About two o'clock in the morning [Bm] after [A] emptying this jug,
Doyle [F#m] rose up the icebox, lit a C for [E] Paddy's mug.
[A] They stopped clock so Mrs.
[D] Murphy couldn't [A] count the time.
[E] And at a quarter after [Bm] two we [E] argued [A] it was nine.
That's how they showed [D] their respect for [A] Paddy Murphy. _
[F#m] That's how they showed their honor [E] and their pride.
[A] They said it was a sin and a [D] shame and they winked at [A] one another.
And [E] every drink in the place was [D] full the [E] night that [A] Murphy died. _ _
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Well they stopped the purse on George's [D] feet outside some [A] dance saloon.
They all went [F#m] in at half past eight and [D] snaggered [E] out at noon.
[A] They went up to the graveyard [D] so holy [A] and sublime.
Finally [E] when they got there they [A] left the corpse behind.
That's how they showed [D] their respect for [A] Paddy Murphy.
_ [F#m] That's how they showed their honor [E] and their pride.
They [A] said it was a sin and a shame and [D] they winked at [A] one another.
[E] And every drink in the place was [D] full the [E] night that [A] Murphy [D] died.
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[D] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] Oh the night that Paddy Murphy [D] died is a night [A] I'll never forget.
Some of the boys got [F#m] a load of [D] drunk and they ain't been [E] sober yet.
[A] As long as the bottle was passed [D] around they remained [A] speed and gay.
[E] Oh Larry came with a flagpipe and some music [A] for the play.
That's how they showed their [Bm] respect for [A] Paddy Murphy. _
That's how [F#m] they showed [D] their honor [E] and their pride.
[A] They said it was a sin and a [Bm] shame and they winked [A] at one another.
[E] And every drink in the place was full the night that [A] Murphy died.
And every [E] drink in the place [Bm] was full the night [A] that Murphy died. _ _
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