Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] D G D G Em D [Verse]

^DWell, it's by the hush, me boys And sure, ^Cthat's to hold your ^Amnoise And ^Dlisten to poor Paddy's lamenta^Ftion

Oh, I was by hunger pressed

And in ^Cpoverty dis^Amtressed So I ^Dmtook a thought, I'd ^Amleave me Irish ^Dnation

[Verse]

^DWell, I sold me horse and cow Me ^Clittle pigs and ^Amsow Me ^Dlittle plot of land and I, we par^Fted

And me sweetheart Brid McGee

I'm a^Cfraid I'll never ^Amsee For I ^Dmleft her there that ^Ammorning, broken-^Dhearted

[Chorus]

Oh, here's you boys, ^Cnow take my advice To A^Dmerica I'll have you's not be ^Amcoming There is ^Fnothing ^Csus4here but ^Fwar Where the ^Cmurderin' cannons ^Amroar And I ^Dmwish I was at ^Chome in ^Am7dear old ^DDublin

[Instrumental] D C Am D C D [Verse]

^DWell, meself and a hundred more To A^Cmerica sailed ^Amo'er Our ^Dfortunes to be made, we were ^Fthinkin'

But when we got to Yankee land

They shoved a ^Cgun into our ^Amhands Saying, "^DmPaddy, you must ^Amgo and fight for ^DLincoln"

[Verse]

^DWell, I thought myself in luck To be ^Cfed on Indian ^Ambuck And old ^DIreland, the place that I delight ^Fin

But wit' the Devil, I do say

^CCurse Ameri^Amcay For ^DmI am sick and ^Amtired of this hard ^Dfighting

[Chorus]

Oh, here's you boys, ^Cnow take my advice To A^Dmerica I'll have you's not be ^Bbcom^Aming There is ^Fnothing ^Csus4here but ^Fwar Where the ^Cmurderin' cannons ^Amroar And I ^Dmwish I was at ^Chome in ^Am7dear old ^DmDublin Yes, I wish I was at ^Chome in ^Am7dear old ^DDublin

Linda Thompson - Paddys lamentation