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