G
They laid out the body
        C              G
In that peaceful pagan home
Em                C
To pay their last respects
G                  D    C
All the neighbours came along

G
In the wee hours of the morning
      C                   G
Pagan words from a whisky still
Em               C
Fall in from the bushes
G                 D       C
Sworn enemies are friends again

G
Someone spilt Porter on the corpse
       C           G
In the middle of a song
Em                      C
And the stories kept on coming back
     G D C
From 1941

[Chorus]
C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C               D          G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

[Verse 2]
G
Mad Mary from the crossroads
           C               G
Grabbed my arse for all to see
Em                     C
I'll tell your fortune Scoby
G              D         C
If you come on home with me

G
In the name of God now Mary
     C               G
Some respect for the dead
Em                    C
You can't be grabbing arses
G          D     C
At a Pagan ritual

[Chorus]
C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C               D          G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

[Verse 3]
G
Father Tim is telling Tommy
        C               G
How the Israelites came in
Em                 C
And Tommy's eating sandwiches
G                 D       C
That are piled up next to him

G
Someone started singing
   C           G
Ah Revenge for Skibereen
Em                         C
There's a French lad there translating
Em                           C
For the next door neighbours daughter
G                     D     C
Jean Louis and lovely Angelie

[Chorus]
C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C               D          G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

[Verse 4]
G
In the wee hours of the morning
        C              G
We were howling at the moon
Em                        C
When the Mystic wind took Jimmy
G             D      C
Way up to the Mystic room

G
Up up up up up he's gone
   C                G
In peace to save us all
Em                 C
Gone with a Mystic blessing
G                  D     C
From that peaceful Pagan ritual

[Chorus]
C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C               D          G
From this Irish Pagan ritual

[Outro]
C                G      D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C              G     D
Sail on, Jimmy boy
C                G     D
Sail on, sail on Jimmy
C               D          G
From this Irish Pagan ritual