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[Verse 1]
  D                                A
O Paddy dear, and did you hear the news that's going round?
    G              D             A             D
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground!
  D                            A
I met with Napper Tandy and he took me by the hand
    G                       D         A            D
And said "How's poor old Ireland, and how does she stand?"


[Chorus]
          G                            D
She's the most distressful nation that ever yet was seen
    G                D                  A              D
For there's a bloody law ag' in for the Wearing of the Green.
            G                             D
For they're hanging men and women for the Wearing of the Green.
        G               D                   A              D
They're hanging men and women there for the Wearing of the Green.


[Verse 2]
  D                                A
O Paddy dear, and did you hear the news that's going round?
    G              D             A             D
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground!
  D                            A
I met with Napper Tandy and he took me by the hand
    G                       D         A            D
And said "How's poor old Ireland, and how does she stand?"


[Chorus]
          G                            D
She's the most distressful nation that ever yet was seen
    G                D                  A              D
For there's a bloody law ag' in for the Wearing of the Green.
            G                             D
For they're hanging men and women for the Wearing of the Green.
        G               D                   A              D
They're hanging men and women there for the Wearing of the Green.

          G                            D
She's the most distressful nation that ever yet was seen
    G                D                  A              D
For there's a bloody law ag' in for the Wearing of the Green.
            G                             D
For they're hanging men and women for the Wearing of the Green.
        G               D                   A              D
They're hanging men and women there for the Wearing of the Green.

          G                            D
She's the most distressful nation that ever yet was seen
    G                D                  A              D
For there's a bloody law ag' in for the Wearing of the Green.
            G                             D
For they're hanging men and women for the Wearing of the Green.
        G               D                   A              D
They're hanging men and women there for the Wearing of the Green.