Paddy McGinty’s Goat Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Now Pat[G]rick McGinty, an
Irishman of note
Fell [Am]in for a fo[D]rtune,
and he bought himself a goat
Say's [G]he, "sure,
of goat's milk I'm going to have me [D]fill"
But when he [Am]brought the [D]nanny home,
he [G]found it was a bill

[Verse 2]
All the young [G]ladies who
live [D]in [G]Killaloo
They're [D]all wearing bustles like
their mothers used to do
They [C]each wear a [G]bolster
beneath the [D]petticoat
And [Am]leave the rest to [D]providence and [G]Paddy
McGinty's goat
[A]

[Verse 3]
[D]
Mrs [G]Burke to her daughter said,
"listen, Mary [D]Jane
[D]Who [Am]was the [D]lad you were
cuddling in the lane?
He'd [G]long wiry [D]whisker[G] s a'
hanging from his [D]chin"
"'T was [Am]only [D]Pat McGinty's goat,"
she [G]answer'd with a grin

[Verse 4]
Then she went [D]away from
the [G]village in dis[D]grace
She came back with powder
and paint upon her face
She'd [C]rings [G]on her fingers,
and she [D]wore a sable coat
And I'll [Am]bet your life she d[D]idn't get those from P[G]addy
[D]McGinty's goat[G]
[Am][A]

[Verse 5]
[D]
Now [G]Norah Mc[D]Carthy [G]the
knot was going to tie
She [A]washed [Am]out her t[D]rousseau
and hung it out to dry
[G]Along came the goat and he
saw the bits of white
And [A]chewed up [Am]all [D]her falderals, and
[G]on her wedding night

[Verse 6]
"Oh turn out the [G]light quick!"
she shouted out to [D]Pat
[G]For tho[D]ugh l'm your bride,
sure l'm not worth looking at
I [C]had two of [G]everything,
I [D]told you when I wrote
But now I've won another naught through [G]Paddy
McGinty's goat
[Am][A]

[Verse 7]
[D]
Mickey [G]Riley he went to the
races t'other day
He [Am]won twenty [D]dollars and shouted,
"hip hooray"
He [G]held up the [D]note,
shouting [G]"look at what I've got"
[G]The goa[Am]t came up and gra[D]bbed at
it and [G]swallowed all the lot

[Verse 8]
"He's eaten me [G]banknote," said Mickey,
with [D]the hump
They went for the doctor and
they got a stomach pump
They [C]pumped and they [G]pumped
for that [D]twenty dollar note
But [Am]all they got was n[D]inepence out of [G]Paddy
[D]McGinty's goat[G]
[A]

[Verse 9]
[D]
Now [G]old Paddy's [D]goat [G]had a
wonderous appetite
And [Am]one day for [D]breakfast
he ate some dynamite
A [G]big box of matches
he swallowed [Gm]all ser[G]ene
And [Am]out he went and [D]swallowed
up a [G]quarter paraffin

[Verse 10]
He sat by the [D]fireside,
[G]he didn't give a h[D]ang
He swallowed a spark
and exploded with a bang
[G]So if [C]you go to heaven[G]
you can [D]bet a dollar [G]note
That the [D]angel with the whiskers
on is [G]Paddy McGinty's goat