Paddy
Mike DenverVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
From his window he watches as people, come and go on their way.
Rushin to catch the train homewards, as he often did in his day.
He remembers the dark of the mornings, the days he worked in the rain.
the good times the bad times the friends that the knew, he'll never see them
again.
At night when the streets are deserted, except for the take away signs
he thinks of the men that he worked with, on the buildings the roads and the
mines
the girl that he met in the galtee, he thought he might make her his own.
Maybe if there was less drinkin', he wouldn't have wound up alone.
P is for powerful when put to the test, A is for always doin' your best,
D is for doin' if it can be done, and D is for drinkin' when work it is done
Y is for yearnin' to see home again, proud to be Irish and hard workin' men
Paddy remember though your day is done, you're the rock that England stands
on.
He never explained just what happened, the years seemed to pass like a day,
Was it the rain or the shovel, took the strength from his limbs away.
Sometimes he thinks of the boreen, that led from his house to the lane.
And the fields that he worked with his father, he'll never see them again.
P is for powerful when put to the test, A is for always doin' your best,
D is for doin' if it can be done, and D is for drinkin' when work it is done
Y is for yearnin' to see home again, proud to be Irish and hard workin' men
Paddy remember though your day is done, you're the rock that England stands
on.
As he makes his way back to the shelter, rain starts to fall on the ground
A young man just in from Cork City, asks him where work can be found.
He said "son take a long look at Paddy, and remember what ever you do,
This broken old man that you're seein, was once a young man just like you"
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Readable chord sheet for Paddy by Mike Denver
[C]From his window he watches as people, come and go on their [G]way. Rushin to catch the train homewards, as he often did in his d[C]ay. He remembers the dark of the mornings, the days he worked in the r[G]ain. the good times the bad times the friends that the knew, h[G7]e'll never see them ag[C]ain. At night when the streets are deserted, except for the take away s[G]igns he thinks of the men that he worked with, on the buildings the roads and the mi[C]nes the girl that he met in the galtee, he thought he might make her his o[G]wn. Maybe if there was less drinkin', h[G7]e wouldn't have wound up alone. P[F] is for powerful when put to the test, [C]A is for always doin' your best, [F]D is for doin' if it can be done, and [D]D is for drinkin' when w[G]ork it is done [F]Y is for yearnin' to see home again, p[C]roud to be Irish and hard workin' men [F]Paddy remember though your day is done, you're the r[G]ock that E[G7]ngland stands [C]on. [C]He never explained just what happened, the years seemed to pass like a d[G]ay, Was it the rain or the shovel, to[G7]ok the strength from his limbs aw[C]ay. [C]Sometimes he thinks of the boreen, that led from his house to the l[G]ane. And the fields that he worked with his father, h[G7]e'll never see them a[C]gain. [F]P is for powerful when put to the test, [C]A is for always doin' your best, [F]D is for doin' if it can be done, and [D]D is for drinkin' when wo[G]rk it is done [F]Y is for yearnin' to see home again, p[C]roud to be Irish and hard workin' men [F]Paddy remember though your day is done, you're the r[G]ock that England stands [C]on. [D]As he makes his way back to the shelter, rain starts to fall on the gr[A]ound A young man just in from Cork City, asks him where work can be f[D]ound. He said "son take a long look at Paddy, and remember what ever you [A]do, This broken old man that you're seein, was once a young man just like y[D]ou"