Eric Bogle

Plastic Paddy(Chords)

Eric Bogle

Key: D

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D G D He's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs D G A In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone D G D There's plastic shamrocks on the wall, there's Guinness and green beer D G A And a sign in gaelic above the bar which says ?God Bless All Here?

Verse 1:

D G D His guitar sounds like a wardrobe, and it's out of tune at that D G A His singin' voice it ranges from A sharp to A flat D G D He's just desecrated ?The Holy Ground?, ripped apart ?Black Velvet Band? D G A Sang ?Seven Nights Drunk? and now he's sunk ?The Irish Rover? with all hands
D G D 'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs D G A In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone D G D There's Aer Lingus posters everywhere showing pretty Irish scenes D G A All peaceful and idyllic, and very bloody green!

Verse 2:

D G D He's done awful things to ?Molly Malone? and ?The Fair Rose of Tralee? D G A He's murdered ?Carrickfergus? and poor old ?Mother Machree? D G D He's just thrashed his way through ?Galway Bay? and ?The Wild Irish Rose? D G A And if he starts singing ?Danny Boy?, I'm gonna punch him in the nose!

Bridge:

D G D D G A D G D D G A

Verse 3:

D G D 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling' and ?The Mountains of Mourne? D G A In his search for Celtic chiché, he has left no stone unturned D G D 'Til he embarks upon ?The Harp That Once Through Tara?s Halls? D G A Accompanying himself on the Bodhrán, which takes a lot of - courage
D G D 'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs D G A In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone D G D Now he's just sung in his mother tongue, the ancient Irish Erse D G A And cleared the pub completely by the forty-second verse!

Verse 4:

D G D 'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs D G A He's started singin' ?Danny Boy?, so it's time that I was gone D G D And just one thought comes to my mind, as I stagger through the door D G D Where are you when we need you, Christy Moore?
Outro: D G D A D Where are you when we need you, Christy Moore?

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