St Patrick Was A Gentleman chords by The Wolfe Tones

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

Flute 🎸 Intro:

N.C.

🎸 Verse 1:
   D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD         A augmentedA
Saint Patrick was a gentleman, he came from decent people
  D MajorD         G+G        D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
He built a church in Dublin town and on it put a steeple
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His father was a Gallagher, his mother was a Grady
  D MajorD          G+G       D MajorD   A7A7   D MajorD
His aunt was an O'Shaughnessy and his uncle was a Brady

🎸 Chorus:
  D MajorD           G+G
And here's to bold Saint Paddy's fist
  D MajorD        A augmentedA
he was a saint so clever
  D MajorD          G+G
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
  D MajorD     A augmentedA   D MajorD
and banished them forever.

🎸 Instrumental:
D MajorD  |G+G  |D MajorD  |A augmentedA  :
D MajorD  |G+G  |D MajorD A augmentedA |D MajorD  :

🎸 Verse 2:
    D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD       A augmentedA
There's not a mile in Eireann's isle where dirty vermin muster
  D MajorD         G+G         D MajorD     A augmentedA    D MajorD
But there he put his dear forefoot and murdered them in clusters
        D MajorD           G+G    D MajorD        A augmentedA
The toads went hop, the frogs went flop, slapaste into the water
  D MajorD         G+G      D MajorD     A7A7     D MajorD
The beasts committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter

🎸 Chorus:
  D MajorD           G+G
And here's to bold Saint Paddy's fist
  D MajorD        A augmentedA
he was a saint so clever
  D MajorD          G+G
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
  D MajorD     A augmentedA   D MajorD
and banished them forever.

🎸 Instrumental:
D MajorD  |G+G  |D MajorD  |A augmentedA  :
D MajorD  |G+G  |D MajorD A augmentedA |D MajorD  : x2

🎸 Verse 3:
  D MajorD         G+G       D MajorD         A augmentedA
The Wicklow hills are very high and so's the hill of Howth, sir
  D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD    A augmentedA     D MajorD
But there's a hill much higher still, much higher than them both, sir
D MajorD        G+G           D MajorD          A augmentedA
From the top of this high hill Saint Patrick preached a sermon
D MajorD         G+G        D MajorD     A7A7    D MajorD
Drove the frogs into the bogs and banished all the vermin

🎸 Chorus:
  D MajorD          G+G
Success to bold Saint Paddy's fist
  D MajorD        A augmentedA
he was a saint so clever
  D MajorD          G+G
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
  D MajorD     A augmentedA   D MajorD
and banished them forever.

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD  |G+G  |D MajorD  |A augmentedA  :
D MajorD  |G+G  |D MajorD A augmentedA |D MajorD  :

🎸 Verse 4:
  D MajorD         G+G         D MajorD       A augmentedA
No wonder that them Irish lads should be so gay and frisky
D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD    A augmentedA    D MajorD
Sure Saint Patrick taught them that as well as making whiskey
  D MajorD        G+G           D MajorD       A augmentedA
No wonder that the saint himself should understand distilling
  D MajorD       G+G          D MajorD    A7A7  D MajorD
His mother had a shebeen shop in the town of Enniskillen

🎸 Chorus:
  D MajorD          G+G
Success to bold Saint Paddy's fist
  D MajorD        A augmentedA
he was a saint so clever
  D MajorD          G+G
he gave the snakes and toads a twist
  D MajorD     A augmentedA   D MajorD
and banished them forever. x2