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