Sail On Jimmy chords by Christy Moore

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
G+G
They laid out the body
    C majorC       G+G
In that peaceful pagan home
E minorEm        C majorC
To pay their last respects
G+G         D MajorD  C majorC
All the neighbours came along

G+G
In the wee hours of the morning
   C majorC          G+G
Pagan words from a whisky still
E minorEm        C majorC
Fall in from the bushes
G+G         D MajorD    C majorC
Sworn enemies are friends again

G+G
Someone spilt Porter on the corpse
    C majorC      G+G
In the middle of a song
E minorEm           C majorC
And the stories kept on coming back
   G+G D MajorD C majorC
From 1941

Chorus:
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

Verse 2:
G+G
Mad Mary from the crossroads
      C majorC        G+G
Grabbed my arse for all to see
E minorEm           C majorC
I'll tell your fortune Scoby
G+G       D MajorD     C majorC
If you come on home with me

G+G
In the name of God now Mary
   C majorC        G+G
Some respect for the dead
E minorEm          C majorC
You can't be grabbing arses
G+G     D MajorD   C majorC
At a Pagan ritual

Chorus:
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

Verse 3:
G+G
Father Tim is telling Tommy
    C majorC        G+G
How the Israelites came in
E minorEm         C majorC
And Tommy's eating sandwiches
G+G         D MajorD    C majorC
That are piled up next to him

G+G
Someone started singing
  C majorC      G+G
Ah Revenge for Skibereen
E minorEm             C majorC
There's a French lad there translating
E minorEm              C majorC
For the next door neighbours daughter
G+G           D MajorD   C majorC
Jean Louis and lovely Angelie

Chorus:
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

Verse 4:
G+G
In the wee hours of the morning
    C majorC       G+G
We were howling at the moon
E minorEm            C majorC
When the Mystic wind took Jimmy
G+G       D MajorD   C majorC
Way up to the Mystic room

G+G
Up up up up up he's gone
  C majorC        G+G
In peace to save us all
E minorEm         C majorC
Gone with a Mystic blessing
G+G         D MajorD   C majorC
From that peaceful Pagan ritual

Chorus:
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

Outro:
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C majorC        D MajorD     G+G
From this Irish Pagan ritual