Paddy On The Railway Chords

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[Verse 1]
In [G]1841, corduroy britches [D]I put on
Me cor[G]duroy britches I put on
To work upon the railway, the rail[D]way
I am [G]weary of [C]the railway[G]
Her paddy works [D]on the [G]railway
In 1842, a barkeep fool,
I moved to Crewe
Found myself a job to [D]do,
working on the [G]railway
[D]I w[G]as wearing corduroy britches,
digging ditches
Pulling switches, dodging hitches,
I [D]was working on the [G]rail[D]way
In [G]1843, [D]bro[G]ught me
shovel across me knee
Went to work for the company,
[D]the Leeds and Selby Railway
[G]I was wearin' corduroy britches,
diggin' ditches
Pullin' switches, dodgin' niches,
I [D]was workin' on the [G]railway
In 1844, I landed on [D]the Liverpool shore
Me [G]belly was empty, me hands were sore
With [C]working [D]on the [G]railway, the [D]railway
I am [G]weary of [C]the railway
[G]Her paddy wor[D]ks on the railway[G]
In [D]1845, [G]Daniel O [D]'Connell,
[G]he was alive,
Daniel O 'Connell, he was [D]alive
and working on the [G]railway,
I was wearing corduroy britches,
digging ditches,
pulling switches, dodging hitches,
I [D]was working on the [G]railway
[D]In [G]184[D]6,[G]
I changed my trade from carrying bricks
I changed my trade from
carrying [D]bricks
to working on the railway
[G]I was wearing corduroy britches,
digging ditches,
pulling switches, dodging hitches
I [D]was working on the [G]railway
In 1847, poor Paddy was thinking
of [D]go ing to heaven
Poor [G]Paddy was thinking of going to heaven
To work [D]upon the [G]railway, [D]the railway
I am weary of [G]the [C]railway[D][G]
Oh Paddy work[D]s on the railway
[G]I was wearin' corduroy britches
Diggin' ditches
Pullin' switches
Dodgin' hitches
I [D]was workin' on the [G]railway
I was [D]wearin' [G]corduroy britches
Diggin' ditches
Pullin' switches
Dodgin' hitches
Life was [D]working on the [C]railway[G]