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G 320003
Em 022000
C x32010
D xx0232
Intro (twice):
|G Em |C D |
|G Em |C D G |
GCD
We set sail at half past four,
GCD
Looking for a new tomorrow
GCD
Don't know when we're coming home
G (stop)
So we drink and we dance and we drown our sorrow
GEmCD
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
GEmCDG
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
|G Em |C D |
|G Em |C D G |
GCD
Now I don't know what there lies in store
GCD
But it's better than this, that's why I'm willing
GCD
To stake my claim on a foreign shore
G (stop)
With me spoons and me fiddle and half a shilling
GEmCD
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
GEmCDG
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
|G Em |C D |
|G Em |C D G |
GCD
They've dreamt a place and I know it's true
GCD
Where the dolphins play and it's always sunny
GCD
The girls are brown and the ocean blue
G (stop)
Less work to do but you make more money
GEmCD
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
GEmCDG
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
|G Em |C D |
|G Em |C D G |
GCD
I must be off by morinng's light,
GCD
I can hear our bosun's whistle blowin
GCD
One more kiss and one more fight
G (stop)
And one more song while the beer is flowing
GEmCD
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
GEmCDG
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
Hey!
(solo)
(repeat 3 times)
|G Em |C D |
|G Em |C D G |
(end solo)
---- (slower) ----
GCD
When the sky is grey look out to sea
GCD
When the waves are high and the light is dying
GCD
Well raise a glass and think of me
---- (Speed comes back) ----
GCD
When I'm home again boys I'll be buying
GEmCD
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
GEmCDG
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
GEmCD
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
GEmCDG
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
---- (instrumentals out) ----
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
Whey, hey, hey laddy hey
Whey hey hey and we'll drink the night away
---- (instrumentals back) ----
|G Em |C D |
|G Em |C D G |
(repeat until you feel done)