Track Info
- Song: Come Back Paddy Reilly
- Artist: The Masterless Men
- Released Date: 2000
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: F#
- Capo: 1st fret
- Chords: Dm, C, Bb, F, G,
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
| Guitar Chords | Ukulele Chords |
| Dm – xx0231 C – x32010 Bb – x13331 F – 133211 G – 320003 | Dm – 2210 C – 0003 Bb – 3211 F – 2010 G – 0232 |
[Intro]
Dm C Bb F F
[Verse]
F F Bb F
The Garden of Eden has vanished they say
Dm C F C
but I know the lie of it still.
F F Bb F
Just turn to the left at the Bridge of Finea
Dm C F F
and stop when halfway to Cootehill.
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Bb F Dm
It's there you will find it, I know sure enough,
G G C C
when fortune has come to my call.
F F Bb F
For the grass it is green around Ballyjamesduff
Dm C F F
and the blue sky is over it all.
[Chorus]
Bb Bb F Dm
And tones that are tender and tones that are gruff
G G C C
are whispering over the sea.
F F Bb F
Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff,
Dm C Bb F
come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
[Interlude]
Dm C Bb F F
[Verse]
F F Bb F
My mother once told me the day I was born,
Dm C F C
the day that I first saw the light,
F F Bb F
I looked down the street on that very first morn
Dm C F C
and gave a great crow of delight.
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Bb F Dm
Now, most newborn babies appear in a huff,
G G C C
and start with a sorrowful squall.
F F Bb F
But I knew I was born in Ballyjamesduff
Dm C F F
and that's why I smiled on them all.
[Chorus]
Bb Bb F Dm
That baby's a man now, he's toil-worn and tough,
G G C C
still whispers: come over the sea.
F F Bb F
Come back, Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff,
Dm C Bb F
come home, Paddy Reilly, to me.
[Outro]
Dm C Bb F F
