Paddy On The Railway Chords by Wolfe Tones

_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ In 1841 [G] me [C] colliery britches I [Am] put on, me colliery britches I put [G] on to work [Am] upon the railway.
Tire me o'ry o'ry, [C] aye, tire me o'ry o [Am]'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, to work [Am] upon the railway.
_ _ In 1842 [C] I left the old work for the new, [Am] but said me look it brought [G] me true to work [Am] upon the [E] railway.
Tire me o'ry o [C]'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [Em] aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, to work [A] upon the railway.
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In [C] 1843 we hit Chicago on a [Am] spree, the devil got a hold of [G] me while working [Am] on the railway.
Tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [Em] aye, tire me o'ry o [G]'ry, aye, to work [Am] upon the railway. _ _
In 1844 [C] while standing on the Great Lake [Em] Shore we laid a track and saw no [G] more for working [Em] on the railway.
Tire me o'ry o [C]'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [Am] aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, to work [Am] upon the railway. _ _ _
In 1845 [C] when Daniel O'Connell was alive [Am] in Kansas City we'd [G] arrive to work [Am] upon the railway.
Tire me o'ry o'ry, [C] aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [Am] aye, tire me o'ry [G] o'ry, aye, to work upon [Am] the railway. _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ In 1846 [G] and a pain in me arse from carrying [Am] bricks with your hammers and nails and shovels and [G] picks a-working [Am] on the railway.
Tire me o'ry [C] o'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, aye, [Am] tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, to work [A] upon the railway.
Yes, Paddy do [E] this and Paddy do [C] that with those a-stocking our [Am] cravat and nothing but an else a-half [G] we're [Am] working on the railway.
Tire me o'ry o [C]'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [Am] aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, to work [Am] upon the railway. _ _ _
In [C] 1848 me hands had blistered, me belly [Am] did ache, we hared a goal and made a [G] stake from working [Am] on the railway.
Tire me o'ry o'ry, [C] aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [Am] aye, tire me o'ry o [G]'ry, aye, to work [Am] upon the railway. _ _ _
In [C] 1849 the California hills looked [Am] fine, we found some gold and [G] left behind the workings [Am] of the railway.
Tire me o'ry o [C]'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o [Em]'ry, aye, tire me o'ry o'ry, [G] aye, to work [Am] upon the railway. _ _ _
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