Paddy public enemy no 1 chords by
Shane Macgowan

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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The chasing

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girls was easy and drinking beer was fun

And he went out one day and

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bought himself a gun

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He shot a couple of coppers,

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and he joined the IRA

And the papers called him Paddy

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Public Enemy Number One

Verse 2

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The Coppers in the north they couldn't

catch him

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The British army they

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just couldn't touch him

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F

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C

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He shot a couple of coppers,

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C

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and he joined the IRA

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G

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And the papers called him Paddy Public Enemy Number

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C

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G

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One

Interlude 1

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Verse 3

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One day the knock came at the door,

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they hauled him away

The IRA they kicked him out

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when he was still in jail

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When he got outta jail he shouted

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up the IRA

And the papers called him Paddy Public

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Enemy Number One

Verse 4

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G

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The coppers in the North they couldn't

catch him

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C

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The British army they

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G

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just couldn't touch him

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F

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C

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When he got out of jail

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C

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he shouted up the IRA

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G

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C

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And the papers called him Paddy Public Enemy Number One

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G

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Interlude 2

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Verse 5

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The factions all were fighting their

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deadly power game

He said fuck them all

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and left the INLA

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Wherever there was trouble,

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there was Paddy and his gun

And the papers called him Paddy Public

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Enemy Number One

Verse 6

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The coppers in the North they couldn't

catch him

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The British army they just

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couldn't touch him

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F

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When he got out of jail

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he shouted up the IRA

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And the papers called him Paddy Public Enemy

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Number One

Interlude 3

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One

Verse 7

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day he tired of it all and

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hung away his gun

But when he hung away his gun he

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became the hunted one

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He went into a phone box to

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make a local call

They shot him in the phone box,

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splashin' blood upon the wall

Verse 8

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The coppers in the North they couldn't

catch him

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The British army they just

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G

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couldn't touch him

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C

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But when he hung away his gun he be

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came the hunted one

And now does he end up Paddy Public

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Enemy Number One

Verse 9

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And now does he end up Paddy Public

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Enemy Number One

And now does he end up Paddy Public

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Enemy Number One

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And now does he end up Paddy Public Enemy Number One,

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wow!

Outro 1

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Chords

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The original key of Paddy public enemy no 1 by Shane macgowan is G major.

The primary chords used in Paddy public enemy no 1 are G, C, F.

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