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Intro
SOL DO DO/SI RE SOL
Verse 1:
SOL DO SOL
Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard.
DO DO/SI LA/DO# RE
Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard.
SOL DO SOL
Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn.
DO DO/SI RE SOL RE SOL
I'm the cabin boy, call me Jim. (His name's Jim)
Chorus 1
SOL
Fare away, fare away under main topsail
DO DO/SI RE DO/SOL SOL
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.
Verse 2:
SOL DO SOL
Captain's stalking the quarter-deck.
DO DO/SI LA/DO# RE
Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.
SOL DO SOL
Castaway with a case of rum.
DO DO/SI RE SOL RE SOL
Hoped that rescue would never come (Never come).
Chorus 2
SOL
Fare away, fare away under main topsail
DO DO/SI RE SOL
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale.
DO DO/SI RE
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly
Bridge: (Penny Whistle)
G Em D#F# G C C/B A/C# D,
SOL MIm MIbF# SOL DO DO/SI DO DO/SI LAm MIm RE/FA#
SOL DO DO/SI LAm MI
(Faster):
C A/C# D G (Accordian joins)
Verse 3:
SOL DO SOL
First mate Adam's a hardened man.
DO DO/SI LA/DO# RE
Says the captain's a charla-tan.
SOL DO SOL
Don't know tackle from futtock plates.
DO DO/SI RE SOL
He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates.
Chorus 3
SOL
Fare away, fare away under main topsail
DO DO/SI RE DO/SOL SOL
To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le.
Verse 4:
SOL DO SOL
I been sailin' these seven seas
DO DO/SI LA/DO# RE
Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees.
SOL DO SOL
Come next April I'm sixty-three.
DO DO/SI DO DO/SI
I can't ad-vance! (I like short pants!)
DO DO/SI RE SOL
Safe in the cabin on the o-pen sea.
Chorus 4
SOL
Fare away, fare away under main topsail
DO DO/SI RE SOL
To the fur-be-low of the wily whale.
DO DO/SI RE DO/SOL SOL
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly wha...le.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
SOL DO DO/SI RE LA/DO# MIm RE/FA# LAm MI
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x32010 x2001x xx0232 x42220 022000 200230 x02210 022100
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