Sail On Jimmy chords by Christy Moore

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

G
In the wee hours of the morning
   C          G
Pagan words from a whisky still
Em        C
Fall in from the bushes
G         D    C
Sworn enemies are friends again

G
Someone spilt Porter on the corpse
    C      G
In the middle of a song
Em           C
And the stories kept on coming back
   G D C
From 1941

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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