The Sick Note chords by The Dubliners

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
   G+G         G6G6       D MajorD       G+G
Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight
  C majorC       G+G       A7A7      D MajorD
And at the time of writing, I am not a pretty sight;
  C majorC      G+G         D MajorD       E minorEm
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray
   G+G         E minorEm       D7D7     G+G
And I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today

verse 2
   G+G       G6G6          D MajorD        G+G
While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear;
    C majorC          G+G         A7A7     D MajorD
Now, to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea
  C majorC       G+G        D MajorD        E minorEm
The foreman wasn't very pleased, he being an awkward sod
  G+G        E minorEm         D7D7      G+G
He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod

verse 3
   G+G         G6G6        D MajorD      G+G
Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
   C majorC      G+G      A7A7        D MajorD
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
  C majorC       G+G      D MajorD        E minorEm
But in me haste to do the job I was to blind to see
    G+G      E minorEm         D7D7      G+G
That a barrelful of building bricks was heavier than me

verse 4
G+G      G6G6        D MajorD        G+G
So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
  C majorC        G+G       A7A7      D MajorD
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
    C majorC       G+G       D MajorD      E minorEm
Well, I shot up like a rocket till to my dismay I found
   G+G      E minorEm       D7D7       G+G
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel comming down

Verse 5
     G+G        G6G6     D MajorD        G+G
Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
  C majorC         G+G        A7A7      D MajorD
And when I reached the top I banged the pully with my head
    C majorC           G+G         D MajorD       E minorEm
Well, I clung on tight through numbed shock from this almighty blow
    G+G         E minorEm       D7D7        G+G
And the barrel spilled out half the bricks fourteen floors below

Verse 6
   G+G           G6G6       D MajorD       G+G
Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
 C majorC          G+G       A7A7        D MajorD
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more;
   C majorC        G+G       D MajorD        E minorEm
Still clinging tightly to the rope, I sped towards the ground
   G+G       E minorEm         D7D7         G+G
And I landed on the brocken bricks that were all scattered round

Verse 7
    G+G         G6G6        D MajorD           G+G
Well, I lay there groaning on the ground, I thought I'd passed the worst
     C majorC       G+G        A7A7       D MajorD
When the barrel hit the pully-wheel and then the bottom burst
    C majorC            G+G       D MajorD      E minorEm
Well, a shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope
   G+G         E minorEm          D7D7        G+G
As I lay there moaning on the ground, I let go of the bloody rope

Verse 8
  G+G         G6G6     D MajorD         G+G
The barrel than being heavier, it started down once more
  C majorC       G+G       A7A7      D MajorD
And landed right across me, as I lay upon the floor
     C majorC          G+G        D MajorD     E minorEm
Well, it broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
    G+G        E minorEm        D7D7      G+G
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today

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