Paddy Lie Back chords by Traditional Irish

Chords with lyrics

[Verse 1]

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


[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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


[Chorus]

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

[Verse 3]

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


[Chorus]

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


[Verse 4]

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


[Chorus]

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

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