Sailors Life Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 4th Fret

[INTRO]
[D]

[CHORUS]
Oh, a [C]sailor's life is a [D]weary life
For he [C]robs the girls of [D]their delight

Causes them to weep, causes them to mourn
[G]Loss of a true love, [D]never to return


[VERSE 1]
Oh [C]father, father [D]build me a boat
And [C]on the world's oceans [D]I will float

Hail each captain as I pass by
[G]There I'll ask for my sailor [D]boy


[VERSE 2]
Oh [C]captain, captain [D]tell me true
Does [C]my own Willie [D]sail with you?

Tell me soon to give me joy
[G]None will I have but my sailor [D]boy


[VERSE 3]
Oh [C]no, kind lady, [D]he's not here
He [C]drowned in the gulf and we [D]buried him there

Upon the island as we passed by
[G]There we left your sailor [D]boy


[VERSE 4]
Oh, she [C]rung her hands and [D]tore her hair
Just [C]like some lady in [D]great despair

Called for a chair to sit her down
[G]Penningdon for to write it [D]down


[VERSE 5]
Oh, [C]dig my grave wide and [D]deep
Put a [C]marble stone at the [D]head and feet

On my grave a turtle dove
[G]Tell the world I died for my [D]love


[CHORUS]
Oh, a [C]sailor's life is a [D]weary life
For he [C]robs the girls of [D]their delight

Causes them to weep, causes them to mourn
[G]Loss of a true love, [D]never to return