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D B Em A
[Verse]
D B Em A
Thought this time, I'd stay in town
D G Em A
But now be damned, I'm outwards bound
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Me money, it went, for whores and hounds
Em A
Off to sea once more
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You'd think by now i smarter be, and learnt from past discrepencies
G A F#m Bm
But here am i, headed back to sea
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Penniless, sick and soare
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G D
Whores and hounds n' navy rum
A D
They have me broke, they have me numb
G D A D
A drunken sailor i become whenever im on the shore
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[Verse]
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The lassies are my hearts delight, but i can't pay them every night
G D A
And i must look a sorry sight when begging for it free
D G
And at the greyhounds guzzling grog, i never picked a winning dog
G D A
A sailors life's a hard ol' slug whenever he's on a spree
G D
For whores and hounds n' navy rum
A D
They have me broke, they have me numb
G D A D
A drunken sailor i become whenever im on the shore
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Perhaps it's time to stop the strife, settle down and find a wife
G D A
But then again i love me life, what ever may insue
D
So i'll not fuss, and I'll not fret for i got life within me yet
G D A
I'll get drunk as i can get, thats what we sailors do
G D
For whores and hounds n' navy rum
A D
They have me broke, they have me numb
G D A D
A drunken sailor i become whenever im on the shore
G D
For whores and hounds n' navy rum
A D
They have me broke, they have me numb
G D A D
A drunken sailor i become whenever im on the shore
[Interlude]
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G D G A D
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[Verse]
D B Em A
Yes i thought this time i'd stay in town
D G Em A
but once again i'm seaward bound
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But i'll be back for whores and hounds,
Em G A
who keep talking out to me
Em A D
When i return from sea
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