Christy Moore - Sail On Jimmy

[ verse 1 ]
G
they laid out the body
C G
in that peaceful pagan home
Em C
to pay their last respects
G D C
all the neighbours came along

G
in the wee hours of the morning
C G
pagan words from a whisky still
Em C
fall in from the bushes
G D C
sworn enemies are friends again

G
someone spilt porter on the corpse
C G
in the middle of a song
Em C
and the stories kept on coming back
G D C
from 1941
[ chorus ]
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C G D
sail on , jimmy boy
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C D G
from this irish pagan ritual
[ verse 2 ]
G
mad mary from the crossroads
C G
grabbed my arse for all to see
Em C
i’ll tell your fortune scoby
G D C
if you come on home with me

G
in the name of god now mary
C G
some respect for the dead
Em C
you can’t be grabbing arses
G D C
at a pagan ritual
[ chorus ]
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C G D
sail on , jimmy boy
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C D G
from this irish pagan ritual
[ verse 3 ]
G
father tim is telling tommy
C G
how the israelites came in
Em C
and tommy’s eating sandwiches
G D C
that are piled up next to him

G
someone started singing
C G
ah revenge for skibereen
Em C
there’s a french lad there translating
Em C
for the next door neighbours daughter
G D C
jean louis and lovely angelie
[ chorus ]
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C G D
sail on , jimmy boy
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C D G
from this irish pagan ritual
[ verse 4 ]
G
in the wee hours of the morning
C G
we were howling at the moon
Em C
when the mystic wind took jimmy
G D C
way up to the mystic room

G
up up up up up he’s gone
C G
in peace to save us all
Em C
gone with a mystic blessing
G D C
from that peaceful pagan ritual
[ chorus ]
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C G D
sail on , jimmy boy
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C D G
from this irish pagan ritual
[ outro ]
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C G D
sail on , jimmy boy
C G D
sail on , sail on jimmy
C D G
from this irish pagan ritual