How to Play The Sick Note on Guitar?

The Dubliners - The Sick Note can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The Sick Note with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Dubliners - The Sick Note Chords

Chord reference C, G, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Dear [C]Sir, I write this note to you to [G]tell you of me [C]plight and [F]at the time of [C]writing, I am [F]not a pretty [G]sight; me [F]body is all [C]black and blue, me [F]face a deathly [G]gray and I [C]write this note to say why Paddy’s [G]not at work to[C]day.

While working on the fourteenth floor some [G]bricks, I had to [C]clear; now, to [F]throw them down from [C]such a height was [F]not a good i[G]dea. the [F]foreman wasn’t [C]very pleased, he [F]being an awkward [G]sod he [C]said I’d have to cart them down the [G]ladders in me [C]hod.

Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it [G]was so very [C]slow, so I [F]hoisted up a [C]barrel and se[F]cured the rope be[G]low. But [F]in me haste to [C]do the job I [F]was too blind to [G]see that a [C]barrelful of building bricks was [G]heavier than [C]me.

So when I untied the rope the [G]barrel fell like [C]lead and [F]clinging tightly [C]to the rope I [F]started up in[G]stead. Well, I [F]shot up like a [C]rocket till to [F]my dismay I [G]found that [C]halfway up I met the bloody [G]barrel coming [C]down.

Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as [G]to the ground it [C]sped, and [F]when I reached the [C]top I banged the [F]pully with my [G]head. Well, I [F]clung on tight through [C]numbed with shock from [F]this almighty [G]blow and the [C]barrel spilled out half the bricks some [G]fourteen floors be[C]low.

Now, when these bricks had fallen from the [G]barrel to the [C]floor I [F]then outweighed the [C]barrel and so [F]started down once [G]more; still [F]clinging tightly [C]to the rope, [F]I sped towards the [G]ground, and I [C]landed on the broken bricks that [G]were all scattered [C]round.

While I lay there groaning on the ground, I [G]thought I’d passed the [C]worst, when the [F]barrel hit the [C]pullywheel and [F]then the bottom [G]burst. A [F]shower of bricks rained [C]down on me, I [F]hadn’t got a [G]hope as I l[C]ay there moaning on the ground, I let [G]go of the bloody [C]rope.

The barrel than being heavier, it [G]started down once [C]more, and [F]landed right a[C]cross me, as I [F]lay upon the [G]floor. It [F]broke three ribs and [C]my left arm and [F]I can only [G]say that I [C]hope you’ll understand why Paddy’s [G]not at work to[C]day.

Artist The Dubliners

Album Live in Carré

Genres Celtic

Year 1985

Key C

The Dubliners - The Sick Note can be played in the key of C using the C, G, F chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The Sick Note with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.