Sail On Jimmy Chords & Lyrics - Christy Moore

[VERSE 1]
[G]They laid out the body
In that [C]peaceful pagan [G]home
[Em]To pay their last [C]respects
[G]All the neighbours [D]came [C]along

[G]In the wee hours of the morning
Pagan [C]words from a whisky [G]still
[Em]Fall in from the [C]bushes
[G]Sworn enemies are [D]friends [C]again

[G]Someone spilt Porter on the corpse
In the [C]middle of a [G]song
[Em]And the stories kept on [C]coming back
From [G]19[D]41[C]

[CHORUS]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]Sail on, Jimmy [G]boy [D]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]From this Irish [D]Pagan ritua[G]l

[VERSE 2]
[G]Mad Mary from the crossroads
Grabbed my [C]arse for all to [G]see
[Em]I'll tell your fortune [C]Scoby
[G]If you come on [D]home with [C]me

[G]In the name of God now Mary
Some [C]respect for the [G]dead
[Em]You can't be grabbing [C]arses
[G]At a Pagan [D]ritual[C]

[CHORUS]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]Sail on, Jimmy [G]boy [D]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]From this Irish [D]Pagan ritua[G]l

[VERSE 3]
[G]Father Tim is telling Tommy
How the [C]Israelites came [G]in
[Em]And Tommy's eating [C]sandwiches
[G]That are piled up [D]next to [C]him

[G]Someone started singing
Ah [C]Revenge for [G]Skibereen
[Em]There's a French lad there [C]translating
[Em]For the next door neighbours [C]daughter
[G]Jean Louis and lovely [D]Angeli[C]e

[CHORUS]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]Sail on, Jimmy [G]boy [D]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]From this Irish [D]Pagan ritua[G]l

[VERSE 4]
[G]In the wee hours of the morning
We were [C]howling at the [G]moon
[Em]When the Mystic wind took [C]Jimmy
[G]Way up to the [D]Mystic [C]room

[G]Up up up up up he's gone
In [C]peace to save us [G]all
[Em]Gone with a Mystic [C]blessing
[G]From that peaceful [D]Pagan [C]ritual

[CHORUS]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]Sail on, Jimmy [G]boy [D]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]From this Irish [D]Pagan ritua[G]l

[OUTRO]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]Sail on, Jimmy [G]boy [D]
[C]Sail on, sail on [G]Jimmy [D]
[C]From this Irish [D]Pagan ritua[G]l