C
Up to mighty London
G
Came an Irishman one day.
C
As the streets are paved with gold
B7
Em
Sure, everyone was gay,
C
Singing songs of Piccadilly
B7
Em
Strand and Leicester Square
E7
D
Till Paddy got excited,
D7
G
Then he shouted to them there:
C
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
F
C
It’s a long way to go.
D
D7
G
To the sweetest girl I know!
C
C7
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
F
E7
Farewell, Leicester Square!
C
F
C
It’s a long long way to Tipperar y,
D
G
C
But my heart’s right there.
C
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
F
C
It’s a long way to go.
D
D7
G
To the sweetest girl I know!
C
C7
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
F
E7
Farewell, Leicester Square!
C
F
C
It’s a long long way to Tipperar y,
D
G
C
But my heart’s right there.
C
Paddy wrote a letter
G
To his Irish Molly-O,
C
Saying, “Should you not receive it,
B7
Em
Write and let me know!”
C
“If I make mistakes in spelling,
G
Molly, dear,” said he,
E7
D
“Remember, it’s the pen that’s bad,
D7
G
Don’t lay the blame on me!
C
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
F
C
It’s a long way to go.
D
D7
G
To the sweetest girl I know!
C
C7
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
F
E7
Farewell, Leicester Square!
C
F
C
It’s a long long way to Tipperar y,
D
G
C
But my heart’s right there.
C
Molly wrote a neat reply
G
To Irish Paddy-O,
C
Saying Mike Maloney
B7
Em
Wants to marry me, and so
C
Leave the Strand and Piccadilly
G
Or you’ll be to blame,
E7
D
For love has fairly drove me silly:
D7
G
Hoping you’re the same!
C
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
F
C
It’s a long way to go.
D
D7
G
To the sweetest girl I know!
C
C7
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
F
E7
Farewell, Leicester Square!
C
F
C
It’s a long long way to Tipperar y,
D
G
C
But my heart’s right there.
F
E7
B7
D
C
D7
Em
G
C7
