The Sick Note Ukulele chords by The Dubliners

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
   G         G6       D       G
Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight
  C       G       A7      D
And at the time of writing, I am not a pretty sight;
  C      G         D       Em
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray
   G         Em       D7     G
And I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today

Verse 2:
   G       G6          D        G
While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear;
    C          G         A7     D
Now, to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea
  C       G        D        Em
The foreman wasn't very pleased, he being an awkward sod
  G        Em         D7      G
He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod

Verse 3:
   G         G6        D      G
Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
   C      G      A7        D
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
  C       G      D        Em
But in me haste to do the job I was to blind to see
    G      Em         D7      G
That a barrelful of building bricks was heavier than me

Verse 4:
G      G6        D        G
So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
  C        G       A7      D
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
    C       G       D      Em
Well, I shot up like a rocket till to my dismay I found
   G      Em       D7       G
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel comming down

Verse 5:
     G        G6     D        G
Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
  C         G        A7      D
And when I reached the top I banged the pully with my head
    C           G         D       Em
Well, I clung on tight through numbed shock from this almighty blow
    G         Em       D7        G
And the barrel spilled out half the bricks fourteen floors below

Verse 6:
   G           G6       D       G
Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
 C          G       A7        D
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more;
   C        G       D        Em
Still clinging tightly to the rope, I sped towards the ground
   G       Em         D7         G
And I landed on the brocken bricks that were all scattered round

Verse 7:
    G         G6        D           G
Well, I lay there groaning on the ground, I thought I'd passed the worst
     C       G        A7       D
When the barrel hit the pully-wheel and then the bottom burst
    C            G       D      Em
Well, a shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope
   G         Em          D7        G
As I lay there moaning on the ground, I let go of the bloody rope

Verse 8:
  G         G6     D         G
The barrel than being heavier, it started down once more
  C       G       A7      D
And landed right across me, as I lay upon the floor
     C          G        D     Em
Well, it broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
    G        Em        D7      G
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today