Paddlin' Madelin' Home
Words and Music by Harry Woods
Key: Bb
Copyright 1925

Chords and Lyrics provided by Judy Muldawer
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Created 3/27/19
Updated 10/04/2022

Verse 1:

F7
I love a girl named Ma-de-lin'
  Bb
I know she loves me too
    F7
For ev'ry night the moon is bright
    Bb
She rides in my ca-noe

   F7
At midnight on the river
  Bb               Gm
I heard her father call
    F         Gm
But she don't care
    F       Gm
And I don't care
   C7             F7
If we get back at all

Chorus 1:

               Bb
Cause when I'm pad-dl-in
F+         Bb
Ma-de-lin' home
              C7
Gee! when I'm pad-dl-in
Gbdim      G7
Ma-de-lin' home

        F7
First I drift with the tide
     Bb
Then pull for the shore
  C7
I hug her and kiss her
    F7
And paddle some more

            Bb
Then I keep pad-dl-in'
F+         Bb
Ma-de-lin' home
        C7
Until I find a spot
Gbdim         C7
Where we're a-lone

        Bb
Oh! She never says no
     Gm           C7
So I kiss her and go
Bb         F7
Pad-dl-in' Ma-da-lin'
Bb           G7
Sweet, sweet Ma-de-lin'
C7         F7         Bb  BbdimF7
Pad-dl-in' Ma-de-lin' home

Verse 2:

F7
The moon comes up at six o'clock
    Bb
And I come up at eight
      F7
She's always waitin' for my call
    Bb
And meets me at the gate

     F7
I've petted in the parlor
    Bb                Gm
And hugged her in the hall
    F          Gm
But when she's out
   F      Gm
in my can-oe
  C7               F  BbdimF7
I love her best of all

Chorus 2:

               Bb
Cause when I'm pad-dl-in
F+         Bb
Ma-de-lin' home
              C7
Gee! when I'm pad-dl-in
Gbdim      C7
Ma-de-lin' home

        F7
First I kiss her a while
   Bb
Andwhen I get through
  C7
I paddle for one mile
    F7
And drift back for two

            Bb
Then I keep pad-dl-in'
F+         Bb
Ma-de-lin' home
        C7
Until I find a spot
Gbdim         C7
Where we're a-lone


       Bb
Oh! if she'd only say
            Gm        C7
"Throw your paddles a way"
Bb         F7
Pad-dl-in' Ma-da-lin'
Bb           G7
Sweet, sweet Ma-de-lin'
C7         F7         Bb  F7Bb
Pad-dl-in' Ma-de-lin' home

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