Plastic Paddy Chords

[Chorus]
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He's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone
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There's plastic shamrocks on the wall, there's Guinness and green beer
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And a sign in gaelic above the bar which says “God Bless All Here”
 
[Verse 1]
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His guitar sounds like a wardrobe, and it's out of tune at that
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His singin' voice it ranges from A sharp to A flat
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He's just desecrated “The Holy Ground”, ripped apart “Black Velvet Band”
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Sang “Seven Nights Drunk” and now he's sunk “The Irish Rover” with all hands
 
[Chorus]
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'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone
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There's Aer Lingus posters everywhere showing pretty Irish scenes
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All peaceful and idyllic, and very bloody green!
 
[Verse 2]
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He's done awful things to “Molly Malone” and “The Fair Rose of Tralee”
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He's murdered “Carrickfergus” and poor old “Mother Machree”
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He's just thrashed his way through “Galway Bay” and “The Wild Irish Rose”
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And if he starts singing “Danny Boy”, I'm gonna punch him in the nose!
 
[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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"When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and “The Mountains of Mourne”
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In his search for Celtic chiché, he has left no stone unturned
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'Til he embarks upon “The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls”
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Accompanying himself on the Bodhrán, which takes a lot of - courage
 
[Chorus]
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'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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In a Plastic Paddy pub that they call The Blarney Stone
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Now he's just sung in his mother tongue, the ancient Irish Erse
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And cleared the pub completely by the forty-second verse!
 
[Verse 4]
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'Cause he's just a Plastic Paddy, singin' Plastic Paddy songs
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He's started singin' “Danny Boy”, so it's time that I was gone
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And just one thought comes to my mind, as I stagger through the door
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Where are you when we need you, Christy Moore?
 
[Outro]
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Where are you when we need you, Christy Moore?
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