Plastic Paddy chords by Eric Bogle

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD                 G+G       D MajorD
He's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
D MajorD                G+G        A augmentedA
In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone
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There's plastic shamrocks on the wall, there's Guinness and green beer
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And a sign in gaelic above the bar which says ?God Bless All Here?

Verse 1:
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His guitar sounds like a wardrobe, and it's out of tune at that
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His singin' voice it ranges from A augmentedA sharp to A augmentedA flat
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He's just desecrated ?The Holy Ground , ripped apart ?Black Velvet Band?
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Sang ?Seven Nights Drunk? and now he's sunk ?The Irish Rover? with all hands

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'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone
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There's Aer Lingus posters everywhere showing pretty Irish scenes
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All peaceful and idyllic, and very bloody green!

Verse 2:
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He's done awful things to ?Molly Malone? and ?The Fair Rose of Tralee?
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He's murdered ?Carrickfergus? and poor old ?Mother Machree?
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He's just thrashed his way through ?Galway Bay? and ?The Wild Irish Rose?
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And if he starts singing ?Danny Boy , I'm gonna punch him in the nose!

Bridge:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD  D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD G+G D MajorD  D MajorD G+G A augmentedA

Verse 3:
D MajorD                   G+G      D MajorD
"When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and ?The Mountains of Mourne?
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In his search for Celtic chiché, he has left no stone unturned
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'Til he embarks upon ?The Harp That Once Through Tara s Halls?
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Accompanying himself on the Bodhrán, which takes a lot of - courage

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'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone
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Now he's just sung in his mother tongue, the ancient Irish Erse
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And cleared the pub completely by the forty-second verse!

Verse 4:
D MajorD                     G+G       D MajorD
'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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He's started singin' ?Danny Boy , so it's time that I was gone
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And just one thought comes to my mind, as I stagger through the door
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Where are you when we need you, Christy Moore?

Outro:
D MajorD           G+G         D MajorD    A augmentedA D MajorD
Where are you when we need you, Christy Moore?