patrick russell chords by Tom Russell
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) My name is Patrick Russell,
Verse 1
(G major)
(C major) I've led a Chris (G major) tian life (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major)
(C major) I sit here in New Hampton,
the year is (D major) 1910
(G major) Looking back from Iowa (C major)
towards Mother Ireland.
(D major) (C major) (G major) I was born in Templemore
(C major) in (D major) (G major) 1825
Recalled a happy boyhood (C major) (G major) un
(C major) til my mother died (D major)
(C major) Starvation crept across (G major) the land,
America's (C major) our (D major) dream
Six (G major) cruel weeks on stormy (C major) seas aboard
the ship (D major) (G major) Tyrene.
American primitive man, (C major)
(D major) in an American (G major) primit (C major) ive land (D major)
I washed (G major) my face in a (E minor) frying pan, (C major)
American (G major) (D major) primitive man. (G major)
At last we docked in (C major) old Quebec,
(G major) the (C major) English offered (D major) farm and (G major) ground
But we'd lived too long under (C major) English rule, (G major)
to United (C major) States we're (D major) bound (C major)
By train and then by cattle (G major) boat,
aw the filth (C major) down in that (D major) hold
(G major) We landed in (C major) (G major) Milwal
(C major) kee, trekked (D major) 200 miles or more (G major)
(D major) A sack of new pota (G major) toes
(D major) was carried by each man (G major)
(D major) Four spades for cultiv (G major) ation
(D major) we'd brought from Ireland (G major)
(A major) We worked at splitting rail (D major) road ties,
bought (A major) one old milking cow (D major)
(A major) A quarter section (D major) uncleared land,
two (A major) oxen and a plough (D major)
(G major) At night we heard the (C major) wolves howl on
our newly (D major) purchased farm (G major)
And starving lads from the (C major) civil
war (G major) took (C major) shelter in our (D major) barn.
(C major) The Larsens and the (G major) Cooneys, the
(C major) Russells the (D major) (G major) Molloys
We tilled the soil of Iowa (C major) and grew
a spate of (D major) girls (G major) and boys.
American primitive man, (C major)
(D major) in an American (G major) primitive land (C major) (D major)
A (G major) whiskey still in an oatmeal can (C major) ,
American (G major) (D major) primitive man (G major)
I'm an American (D major) primitive
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Outro 1
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(G major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (D major)
patrick russell
Tom Russell
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