Chords for Paddy's Lamentation

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_ _ It's by the Hush [B] Me Boys, [A] and sure that's to [F#] hold your noise.
Come and [B] listen to [D] poor Paddy's [Bm] _ _
_ [F#m] _ lamentation,
_ _ For [Bm] I was by hunger pressed [A] and most _ bitterly [F#m] oppressed
_ [B] When I resolved [F#] to leave this [Bm] Irish nation.
_ So _ I sold [F#m] me horse and [Bm] plough, sold [A] me pigs and ducks and sow,
_ Me [D] father's farm and I we soon [Bm] were _
_ [F#m] _ parted.
_ _ And my [Bm] sweetheart Biddy McGee I fear [A] I never more [F#m] see,
[F#] For I left her back at home quite broken-hearted. _ _ _
_ And it's here [D] now, _ _
[E] boys, do take my [A] advice,
[B] To America [D] I'll have you's not [Bm] be _ _
_ [F#m] _ comin',
_ For [Bm] there's nothing here but [F#] war [A] and the murderin' cannons [F#m] roar.
[B] And I wish I was [F#] back home, dear [Bm] old Erin, _ _ _
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_ [C#] It was [Bm] me and a hundred more to [A] America [F#m] sailed o'er.
[Bm] Our fortune [D] to be makin' we [B] were _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ thinkin',
But when [Bm] we landed in Yankee land they [A] put a rifle in me [F#m] hand,
_ [Bm] Sayin', Paddy you [F#] must go and fight [B] for Lincoln.
[Bm] And _ it's here [D] now, _ [E] boys, do take [A] my advice,
[B] To America [D] I'll have you's not [Bm] be _ _ [F#m] _
_ comin',
[F#] _ For [Bm] there's nothing here but war [A] and the murderin' [F#m] cannons roar.
_ _ _ _ [B] And I wish I was [F#] back home, dear [B] old [Bm] Erin, _
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_ _ General, my heart to us said, if you [A] get shot or [F#m] lose your head,
[B] Every mother's [D] son of you will get [Bm] a _
_ [F#m] pension.
_ _ Well, [Bm] in the war I lost me leg, and all [A] I got was a wooden [F#m] peg.
[Bm] By my soul it [F#] is the truth to you I'll [B] mention.
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And it's here [D] now, _ _ [E]
boys, do take my [A] advice,
[Bm] To America [D] I'll have you's [Bm] not be _ _
[F#m] comin',
_ _ _ [Bm] For there's nothing here but war [A] and the murderin' cannons [F#m] roar.
[B] And I wish I [F#] was back home, dear [Bm] old Erin.
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Well, I thought meself in luck [A] to be fed on Indian buck,
In [Bm] old Ireland, [D] the land that [Bm] I delight [F#m] _ in.
_ _ Well, to [Bm] the devil then I say, [A] God's curse on America,
[F#m] _ For [Bm] I think I've [F#] had enough of your [B] hard fight.
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And it's here [D] now, _ [E] boys, do take my [A] advice,
[Bm] To America [D] I'll have you's not [Bm] be _ _ [F#] _
_ comin',
_ For [Bm] there's nothing here but war [A] and the murderin' cannons [F#m] roar.
_ _ _ [B] And I wish I [F#] was back home, dear [Bm] old [F#] _
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