Intro

G Em C D G D G
        
Chorus

G          D          G
Raise a glass to St. Patrick
C           D        G
Raise a glass with me
C          D         G         C
We'll celebrate the patron saint
G            D        G
Who sailed the Irish sea


Verse 1

G                   C
On the hills of Slemish
Am                D
A slave became a man
G               C        G
His spirit was unbroken by
C            D     G
Chieftain or by clan
   C                  D      G
The isle of green was in his soul
    C         G         D
He feared no druid's curse
G        Em      C        G
And long will we remember him
C        D             G
In scr i ptures and in verse


Chorus

G          D          G
Raise a glass to St. Patrick
C           D        G
Raise a glass with me
C          D         G         C
We'll celebrate the patron saint
G            D        G
Who sailed the Irish sea

G Em C D G D G

Verse 2

G                     C
He climbed up to the mountain
Am                      D
And he made this land his home
G                C       G
We celebrate his memory now
C         D       G
Wherever we may roam
C                       D     G
He left his footprints on the rock
    C        G       D
Of Skerry's windy shore
G     Em        C       G
He walked among us long ago
C             D           G
We'll walk for him once more

Chorus

G          D          G
Raise a glass to St. Patrick
C           D        G
Raise a glass with me
C          D         G         C
We'll celebrate the patron saint
G            D        G
Who sailed the Irish sea

G Em C D G D G

Verse 3

G                     C
For him we wear the Shamrock
Am               D
In peace and harmony
G                 C        G
In Belfast, Sidney or New York
C        D       G
Wherever we may be
  C                      D    G
He's known by all around the world
   C         G      D
Both near and far away
G    Em         C        G
For everyone turns Irish now
C           D       G
On Saint Patrick's Day


Chorus x 2

G          D          G
Raise a glass to St. Patrick
C           D        G
Raise a glass with me
C          D         G         C
We'll celebrate the patron saint
G            D        G
Who sailed the Irish sea

G Em C D G D G