Paddy Lie Back chords by Traditional

[Verse 1]

     G      C     G
T’was a cold and frosty morning in December,
        Em      D
with all of me money being spent,
   G      C     G
What day it was I hardly can remember,
         D        G
so I down to the shipping office went.


[Chorus]

        C
Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
       G
Take in your slack,(take in your slack)
 G           Em       D
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
G      C         G
’Bout ships stations boys, be handy
             D         G
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.

[Verse 2]

G           C        G
That day there was a great demand for sailors,
           Em       D
For the Colonies for Frisco and for France
   G        C        G
So I shipped aboard a liner named the Hotspur
         D     G
And got paralytic drunk on my advance.


[Chorus]

        C
Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
       G
Take in your slack,(take in your slack)
 G           Em       D
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
G      C         G
’Bout ships stations boys, be handy
             D         G
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.


[Verse 3]

 G        C        G
Now some of our fellows had been drinking
         Em      D
And me myself was heavy on the booze
   G     C        G
So I sat upon me ol’ sea-chest a-thinking
         D        G
I'd turn into me bunk and have a snooze


[Chorus]

        C
Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
       G
Take in your slack,(take in your slack)
 G           Em       D
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
G      C         G
’Bout ships stations boys, be handy
             D         G
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.


[Verse 4]

G           C       G
Well I wish that I was in the Jolly Sailor,
         Em        D
Along with Irish Paddies drinking beer
    G       C       G
And I thought what a jolly lot are sailors,
            D      G
An’ with me flipper I wiped away a tear.


[Chorus]

        C
Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
       G
Take in your slack,(take in your slack)
 G           Em       D
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
G      C         G
’Bout ships stations boys, be handy
             D         G
For we're bound for Valparaiso, round the Horn.

        C
Oh Paddy lie back,(oh Paddy lie back)
       G
Take in your slack,(take in your slack)
 G           Em       D
Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl
G       C         G
 ’Bout ships stations boys, be handy
             D         G