The Sick Note Lyrics And Chords
The fingerstyle guitar tab with a version in Dadgad Irish tuning and the bass tab included. The Sick Note / The Bricklayers Song Was Written By singer / songwriter Pat Cooksey. sometimes referred to as ''Why Paddy's Not At Work Today'' Pat also wrote The Reason I Left Mullingar [ lyrics ]which was a big hit for The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur. Also recorded by The Dubliners with Sean Cannon on vocals.The sheet music for tin whistle is included. The Clancy Brothers along with Robbie O'Connell also sang the song. The sick note Murphy and the bricks piano sheet music with chords included.
THE DUBLINERS
In the history of Irish music no group has created and maintained their niche as
effectively as the Dubliners. They began their career in 1962. The original members were Ronnie Drew (vocals, guitar), Ciaran Bourke (whistles, guitar, vocals), Luke Kelly (vocals, 5-string banjo) and Barney McKenna (tenor banjo, mandolin, vocals). In 1963 they were joined by John Sheahan (fiddle, whistles, various instruments). In 1963 they played at the Edinburgh festival and then recorded “The Dubliners (In Session)’. Luke Kelly left the band in 1964 and joined the legendary Scottish folk singer
and writer Ewan McColl and was replaced by Bobby Lynch. Two years later
Luke Kelly returned and Lynch left the band. In 1967 the band recorded “The New Dubliners’. The track “Seven Drunken
Nights’ was released as a single. It was so bawdy that the official media decided
to ban it. Luckily for the Dubliners it was picked up by the pirate station Radio
Caroline and given saturation airplay. As a result it stayed at the top of the
charts in Ireland for two months and shot up to number five on the British Pop
charts launching the Dubliners to stardom. More recordings followed and a performance in front of a capacity crowd in the Royal Albert Hall, London. In the early 70’s they started touring the world.
In 1974 Ciaran Bourke collapsed on stage from a brain haemorrhage, which
partly paralysed him and left him unable to play or sing. This caused Ronnie
Drew to retire - his place was taken by Jim McCann. A year later Drew returned
to the band and McCann left.
In 1980 Luke Kelly was taken severely ill and had an operation to remove a
brain tumour. Paddy Reilly took his place temporarily. The last recording with
Luke Kelly was made live at Carre, Amsterdam. He died in 1984.
One of Luke Kelly’s dying wishes was that the Dubliners should work for charity - there was a charity concert performed later in 1984 in Dublin.
The Dubliners carried on with Sean Cannon (guitar, vocals) and Eamonn
Campbell (guitars, mandolin) added to the core of Drew, McKenna and
Sheahan.
In 1992 they released “Thirty Years A-Greying’.
The Dubliners’ instrumentation, guitars, banjo, whistle, tenor banjo and fiddle
added a dimension to the group that others didn’t have: jigs and reels. In fact,
the Dubliners were among the first to combine the ballad group sound with traditional instrumentals. In this they anticipated later groups like Sweeney’s Men,
the Johnstons, and ultimately Planxty.
The Dubliners never broke up - they have always been the Dubliners and will
always be among the spiritual grandfathers of most of the Irish traditional and
folk groups playing today.
In the history of Irish music no group has created and maintained their niche as
effectively as the Dubliners. They began their career in 1962. The original members were Ronnie Drew (vocals, guitar), Ciaran Bourke (whistles, guitar, vocals), Luke Kelly (vocals, 5-string banjo) and Barney McKenna (tenor banjo, mandolin, vocals). In 1963 they were joined by John Sheahan (fiddle, whistles, various instruments). In 1963 they played at the Edinburgh festival and then recorded “The Dubliners (In Session)’. Luke Kelly left the band in 1964 and joined the legendary Scottish folk singer
and writer Ewan McColl and was replaced by Bobby Lynch. Two years later
Luke Kelly returned and Lynch left the band. In 1967 the band recorded “The New Dubliners’. The track “Seven Drunken
Nights’ was released as a single. It was so bawdy that the official media decided
to ban it. Luckily for the Dubliners it was picked up by the pirate station Radio
Caroline and given saturation airplay. As a result it stayed at the top of the
charts in Ireland for two months and shot up to number five on the British Pop
charts launching the Dubliners to stardom. More recordings followed and a performance in front of a capacity crowd in the Royal Albert Hall, London. In the early 70’s they started touring the world.
In 1974 Ciaran Bourke collapsed on stage from a brain haemorrhage, which
partly paralysed him and left him unable to play or sing. This caused Ronnie
Drew to retire - his place was taken by Jim McCann. A year later Drew returned
to the band and McCann left.
In 1980 Luke Kelly was taken severely ill and had an operation to remove a
brain tumour. Paddy Reilly took his place temporarily. The last recording with
Luke Kelly was made live at Carre, Amsterdam. He died in 1984.
One of Luke Kelly’s dying wishes was that the Dubliners should work for charity - there was a charity concert performed later in 1984 in Dublin.
The Dubliners carried on with Sean Cannon (guitar, vocals) and Eamonn
Campbell (guitars, mandolin) added to the core of Drew, McKenna and
Sheahan.
In 1992 they released “Thirty Years A-Greying’.
The Dubliners’ instrumentation, guitars, banjo, whistle, tenor banjo and fiddle
added a dimension to the group that others didn’t have: jigs and reels. In fact,
the Dubliners were among the first to combine the ballad group sound with traditional instrumentals. In this they anticipated later groups like Sweeney’s Men,
the Johnstons, and ultimately Planxty.
The Dubliners never broke up - they have always been the Dubliners and will
always be among the spiritual grandfathers of most of the Irish traditional and
folk groups playing today.
The sick note / dear boss fingerstyle guitar tab
The Sick Note Song Words And Guitar Chords In C Major
C F C
Dear Sir I write this note to inform you of my plight
F C G7
And at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
F C G7
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray
C F C
I write this note to tell why Paddy's not at work today
While working on the fourteenth floor, some bricks I had to clear
And to throw them down from off the top seemed quite a good idea
But the gaffer wasn't very pleased, he was an awful sod
He said I had to cart them down the ladder in me hod.
Well clearing all those bricks by hand, it seemed so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
But in my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks is heavier than me.
So when I had untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I took off like a rocket and to my dismay I found
That half way up I met the bloody barrel coming down.
Well the barrel broke my shoulder as on to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
I held on tight, though numb with shock from this almighty blow
And the barrel spilled out half its load fourteen floors below
Now when those building bricks fell from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel so I started down once more
I held on tightly to the rope as I flew to the ground
And I landed on those building bricks that were scattered all
around.
Now as I lay there on the deck I thought I'd passed the worst
But when the barrel reached the top, that's when the bottom burst
A shower of bricks came down on me, I knew I had no hope
In all of this confusion, I let go the bloody rope.
The barrel being heavier, it started down once more
And landed right on top of me as I lay on the floor
It broke three ribs and my left arm, and I can only say
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today.
C F C
Dear Sir I write this note to inform you of my plight
F C G7
And at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
F C G7
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray
C F C
I write this note to tell why Paddy's not at work today
While working on the fourteenth floor, some bricks I had to clear
And to throw them down from off the top seemed quite a good idea
But the gaffer wasn't very pleased, he was an awful sod
He said I had to cart them down the ladder in me hod.
Well clearing all those bricks by hand, it seemed so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
But in my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks is heavier than me.
So when I had untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I took off like a rocket and to my dismay I found
That half way up I met the bloody barrel coming down.
Well the barrel broke my shoulder as on to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
I held on tight, though numb with shock from this almighty blow
And the barrel spilled out half its load fourteen floors below
Now when those building bricks fell from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel so I started down once more
I held on tightly to the rope as I flew to the ground
And I landed on those building bricks that were scattered all
around.
Now as I lay there on the deck I thought I'd passed the worst
But when the barrel reached the top, that's when the bottom burst
A shower of bricks came down on me, I knew I had no hope
In all of this confusion, I let go the bloody rope.
The barrel being heavier, it started down once more
And landed right on top of me as I lay on the floor
It broke three ribs and my left arm, and I can only say
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today.
The sick note guitar tab in Celtic tuning of Dadgad
Ebook of tabs in DADGAD
Bass guitar tab in the key of A.
Over a long number of years there has been much speculation concerning this song. I wrote this song under it's original title Paddy and the Barrell in 1969, and first performed it in The Dyers Arms in Coventry at this time, and in 1972 Sean Cannon, later to become a member of the Dubliners began to perform it in the folk clubs under the title The Sick Note.
The song was based on Gerard Hoffnung's wonderful address to the Oxford Union, but the story in a more simple form dates back to the English music halls in the 1920's and appeared in the Readers Digest in 1937.
I personally gave the words of this song to Noel Murphy in a night club in Coventry in the early seventies and his only contribution to this song was to change the title to Murphy and the Bricks, and when this song was recorded Noel Murphy was obliged to remove his name from the writers credits.
I still have a letter from Misty River Music to this effect. The song under more than 20 alternative titles has since been recorded more than 100 times worldwide, and in every version the words are identical.
This song under all alternative titles has always been the exclusive copywright of myself, Pat Cooksey, and is registered with The Performing Rights Society in London. This includes Dear Boss by The Clancy brothers,
The Bricklayers Song by The Corries and Ray Stevens, The Sick Note by The Dubliners, etc,etc, and also Murphy and the Bricks. No other artist had any input into this song nor is any claim for arrangement valid. Pat Cooksey, Nuremberg, Germany.
The song was based on Gerard Hoffnung's wonderful address to the Oxford Union, but the story in a more simple form dates back to the English music halls in the 1920's and appeared in the Readers Digest in 1937.
I personally gave the words of this song to Noel Murphy in a night club in Coventry in the early seventies and his only contribution to this song was to change the title to Murphy and the Bricks, and when this song was recorded Noel Murphy was obliged to remove his name from the writers credits.
I still have a letter from Misty River Music to this effect. The song under more than 20 alternative titles has since been recorded more than 100 times worldwide, and in every version the words are identical.
This song under all alternative titles has always been the exclusive copywright of myself, Pat Cooksey, and is registered with The Performing Rights Society in London. This includes Dear Boss by The Clancy brothers,
The Bricklayers Song by The Corries and Ray Stevens, The Sick Note by The Dubliners, etc,etc, and also Murphy and the Bricks. No other artist had any input into this song nor is any claim for arrangement valid. Pat Cooksey, Nuremberg, Germany.
The sick note Murphy and the bricks piano sheet music with chords
Below is the ebook list of Irish Folk Songs with guitar chords
in 3 keys. Price €8.90 and I'll email the ebook after purchase .
The chords are suited to ukulele, banjo or mandolin also.
Martin
in 3 keys. Price €8.90 and I'll email the ebook after purchase .
The chords are suited to ukulele, banjo or mandolin also.
Martin
