CAPO: 4th Fret
{INTRO:] [C] [D] [C] [D]
[VERSE 1]
A [C]ship's crew of [F]sailors, as you [G]may under[C]stand
Bound for the West [G]Indies or some [F]foreign [G]land
There's [C]one lad amongst them I [F]wish I never [G]knew
He's my [C]bonnie, bonnie [F]sailor with a [G]jacket so [C]blue
[VERSE 2]
The first time I [F]saw my love, he'd a [G]spy glass in his [C]hand
I went to talk [G]to him, but [F]he would not [G]stand
I [C]went to talk to him, but from [F]me he [G]flew
And my [C]heart it went a[F]long with him and his [G]jacket so [Am]blue_[F]___[G]__ [C] [D] [F] [G]
[VERSE 3]
Says [C]I, "My noble sa[F]ilor, I'll buy y[G]our disch[C]arge
I'll free you from [G]sailing and [F]set you at [G]large
I'll [C]free you from that man-o-war, if your [F]heart does be [G]true
And I'd [C]never let a [F]stain on your [G]jacket so [C]blue"
[VERSE 4]
"Well" said I, "My noble [F]lady, you'll [G]buy my dis[C]charge
You'll free me from [G]sailing and [F]set me at [G]large
You'll [C]free me from that man-o-war, if my [F]heart does be [G]true
Ah, but [C]then what would my [F]own lovely [G]Scotch [N.C.]lassie [C]do"
[INSTRUMENTAL:] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]
[VERSE 5]
"For [C]I have a [F]lassie in my [G]own counte[C]ry
And I would not [G]slight her for her [F]pover[G]ty
If [C]I were to slight her, then my heart [F]wouldn't be [G]true
For she [C]never left a [F]stain on my [G]jacket so [Am]blue_[F]___" [G]
[VERSE 6]
I'll [C]write off to [F]Dublin to an [G]artist of [C]skill
And I'll have my love's [G]picture drawn out [F]in its [G]full
I'll [C]place it in my chamber quite [F]close to my [G]view
And I'll [C]say I loved a [F]sailor with a [G]heart that was [C]true
[OUTRO:] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]
{INTRO:] [C] [D] [C] [D]
[VERSE 1]
A [C]ship's crew of [F]sailors, as you [G]may under[C]stand
Bound for the West [G]Indies or some [F]foreign [G]land
There's [C]one lad amongst them I [F]wish I never [G]knew
He's my [C]bonnie, bonnie [F]sailor with a [G]jacket so [C]blue
[VERSE 2]
The first time I [F]saw my love, he'd a [G]spy glass in his [C]hand
I went to talk [G]to him, but [F]he would not [G]stand
I [C]went to talk to him, but from [F]me he [G]flew
And my [C]heart it went a[F]long with him and his [G]jacket so [Am]blue_[F]___[G]__ [C] [D] [F] [G]
[VERSE 3]
Says [C]I, "My noble sa[F]ilor, I'll buy y[G]our disch[C]arge
I'll free you from [G]sailing and [F]set you at [G]large
I'll [C]free you from that man-o-war, if your [F]heart does be [G]true
And I'd [C]never let a [F]stain on your [G]jacket so [C]blue"
[VERSE 4]
"Well" said I, "My noble [F]lady, you'll [G]buy my dis[C]charge
You'll free me from [G]sailing and [F]set me at [G]large
You'll [C]free me from that man-o-war, if my [F]heart does be [G]true
Ah, but [C]then what would my [F]own lovely [G]Scotch [N.C.]lassie [C]do"
[INSTRUMENTAL:] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]
[VERSE 5]
"For [C]I have a [F]lassie in my [G]own counte[C]ry
And I would not [G]slight her for her [F]pover[G]ty
If [C]I were to slight her, then my heart [F]wouldn't be [G]true
For she [C]never left a [F]stain on my [G]jacket so [Am]blue_[F]___" [G]
[VERSE 6]
I'll [C]write off to [F]Dublin to an [G]artist of [C]skill
And I'll have my love's [G]picture drawn out [F]in its [G]full
I'll [C]place it in my chamber quite [F]close to my [G]view
And I'll [C]say I loved a [F]sailor with a [G]heart that was [C]true
[OUTRO:] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]
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