Key: A major
Verse 1
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Bb
Oh, Garden of Eden
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F
C
has vanished, they say,
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C
But I know the life of it still.
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Bb
If you turn to the left
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G
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Dm
And stop when halfway to Cotonou
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F
It's there you will find it,
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A
I know, sure enough
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When fortunes have come to my call
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Bb
Oh, the grass grows green
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F
around Valley Jamestown
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And the blue sky shines down on it all
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An d tones that are tender
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A
and tones that are rough
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Still a whisper comes over the sea
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Come by Paddy Riley
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to Dolly James' home
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Come home, Paddy Riley,
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Bb
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to me
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My mother once told me
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that when I was born
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The day I first saw the light,
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I looked down the street
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D
on that very first morn,
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D
And I gave a great throat of de light
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Now most newborn babies
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appear in a huff
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And start with a terrible squawk
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But me, I've been born
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in Old Valley, Jamestown
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D
And that's why I smile on it all
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The baby's a man now,
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he's toil -worn and tough
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Still whispers, come over the sea
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Come back, Paddy Riley,
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to Bali, Jamestown
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Come home, Paddy Riley, to me
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Oh, come back, Paddy Riley,
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to Bali, Jamestown
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Come home, Paddy Riley, to me.
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Em
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