16 Feb 2025

Daoiri Farrell - Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore Tab

Recently Daoiri gave a live concert on Facebook. One of the songs he played that evening was Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore. I tried to tab the Intro and first verse of his arrangement. Capo 1st fret.

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This is what the tab looks like. You can download the full tab here.

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Lyrics

{t:Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore}
{st:Daoiri Farrell}


From [D]Derry quay we sailed a[G]way 
[D]on the [C]twenty-[G/B]third of [D]May
We were [G]taken on [Am]board by a [D]pleasant crew, 
bound [Am]for A[G]meri[C]kay
Fresh [G]water [Am]there we did [D]take on, 
five [C]thou[G]sa[D]nd [G]gal[D]lons or [C]more        
In [D]case we’d run short going to New [G]York 
[D]far a[C]way from the [G]shamrock [D]shore. 

So fare thee well sweet Liza dear
and likewise to Derry town,
And twice farewell to me comrade boys
who dwell on that sainted ground
If fortune it ever should favour me
or I to have money in store
I’ll come back and I’ll wed the wee lassie I left
on Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore

Well we sailed three days and we were all seasick,
not a man on board was free
We were all confined unto our bunks
with no one to pity poor me
No father dear nor mother kind
to hold up me head when t’was sore,
Which made me think more on the lassie I left
on Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore

Well we safely reached the other side
in three and twenty days
We were taken as passengers by a man
and led round in six different ways,
We each of us drank a parting glass
in case we might never meet more,
And we drank a health to Old Ireland
and Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore



Here's a longer versi0n Daoiri sometimes sings:


{t:Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore}

{st:Daoiri Farrell}



From [D]Derry quay we sailed a[G]way [D]

on the [C]twenty-[G/B]third of [D]May

We were [G]taken on [Am]board by a [D]pleasant crew, 

bound [Am]for A[G]meri[C]kay

Fresh [G]water [Am]there we did [D]take on, 

five [C]thou[G]sa[D]nd [G]gal[D]lons or [C]more        

In [D]case we’d run short going to New [G]York 

[D]far a[C]way from the [G]shamrock [D]shore. 




So [D]fare thee well, sweet Liza [G]dear [D]

and like[C]wise unto [G/B]Derry [D]town

And [G]twice fare[Am]well to my [D]comrade boys 

that [Am]dwell on that [G]sainted [Am]ground

If [G]fortune shall [Am]ever [D]favor me, 

and [Am]I do have [G]money in [C]store

I’ll go [D]back and I’ll wed the wee lassie I left 

on [C]Paddy’s green [G]shamrock [D]shore. 



Oh at [D]six o'clock on that [D]morning fair 

our [C]anchors [G/B]we did [D]weigh,

The [G]sun shone [Am]down on Ben[D]evassa’s rocks, 

how [Am]splendid [G]he did [C]play,

And green [G]castles, [Am]ancient [D]fort and church, 

oh it [Am]made my [G]heart so [C]sore,

But these [D]memorys still I will hold very dear 

when I‘m a[C]way from the [G]Shamrock [D]Shore.



And then at [D]12 o'clock on that [D]evening fair 

we [C]passed out [G/B]Malin [D]Head,

And then [G]Inishtra[Am]hull far [D]on to the right, 

it [Am]rose of the [G]ocean [C]bed.

But a [G]grander [Am]sight we [D]all did see there, 

that I [Am]never had [G]seen be[C]fore

It was the [D]sun going down between sea and sky, 

far [C]out from the [G]Shamrock [D]Shore.



We sailed three weeks, we were all seasick, 

not a man on board was free

We were all confined unto our bunks 

and no-one to pity poor me.

No father dear nor mother kind 

to lift up my head, which was sore

Which made me think more on the lassie I left 

on Paddy’s green shamrock shore. 



We safely reached the other side 

after fifteen and twenty days,

We were taken as passengers by a man 

and led round in six different ways,

Then each of us drank a parting glass, 

in case we might meet no more

And we drank a health to old Ireland 

and Paddy’s green shamrock shore. 

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