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Never Put To Sea Boys by Linda Thompson
Never Put To Sea Boys
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am and C to G ##
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
We once took a tall ship
G Am
And sailed out from the Thames
C ~ Am
With two or three young officers
G Am
And a whole new fleet of men
C ~ Am
We were looking for adventure
G Em
We were gone for years and years and years
Am
Never put to sea, me boys
C ~ Am
It'll bring you nothing but tears
[Verse 2]
We'd not been gone a few short days
G Am
A week, but barely two
C ~ Am
When a black storm and a howling gale
G Am
Affected bad the crew
C ~ Am
They pleaded with the captain
G Em
"Turn, turn the ship around"
Am
Never put to sea, me boys
C ~ Am
There's a chance that you might drown
[Bridge]
C ~ G
Oh, here's to the sailors
C Em
The young and the live
Am
Here's to the sailors
C Em Am
And their pretty, pretty wives
[Verse 3]
We met a Spanish galleon
G Am
The fight ensued severe
C ~ Am
Such fearsome bloody pirates
G Am
That some men died of fear
C ~ Am
A brave few were left standing
G Em
Would not desert, desert their guns
Am
And the blood from off our decks, me boys
C ~ Am
Like water it did run
[Verse 4]
We gained a painful victory
G Am
And then sat down to dine
C ~ Am
You drank to king and country
G Am
I drank to Caroline
C ~ Am
And god has had a hand in this
G Em
For death for, death has left me be
Am
Never, never, never again
C ~ Am
Will I put to sea
[Bridge]
C ~ G
I don't care for the army
C Em
Or the infantry
Am
Haul away, me brave boys
C Em Am
It's on to victory
[Instrumental]
Am G Am C ~ Am G Am C ~ Am G Am C ~ Am E
[Verse 5]
Am
We made it back to Blighty
G Am
But some of us had gone
C ~ Am
To Davy Jones's locker
G Am
Poseidon and beyond
C ~ Am
And now I am an old man
G E7
I wish, I wish that I could be
Am
Once more upon the docks, me boys
C ~ A
Prepared to put to sea
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