A Sailor's Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]A sailor's lif[C]e is [D]a m[Bm]arried life[G][D]
[G]They rob [F#]young [A]girls of their
[D]heart's delight
Leaving [G]them [A]to [D]wee[G]p and to mou[A]rn
[D]They never [Bm]know [G]whe[A]n
they'll [D]come [A]home.[D]
Here's four -and -twenty [G]all in a [D]row.
[G]My sweet[F#]heart [A]courts the finest [D]show.
He's proper [A]tall and gen[G]teel [A]with all
[D]An d if I can[Bm]'t have h[G]im,
[A]I'll have [D]none at all
And it's father, [C]come, [D]father,
come, [G]come and build me [D]a boat
[G]That on [F#]this [A]wide ocean I may [D]float
And every [A]queenship that [G]we [A]pass by
[D]There I'll [Bm]inquire [G]for[A] my sailor [D]boy
She hadn't sailed [G]long on the [D]deep
In a [G]very [F#]fine [A]vessel
She chants for [D]to meet
You sailors, [A]all come and [G]tell me [A]true
[D]Does my [G]sweet William sail
[A]on board of [D]you?
Oh no, fair maid, [G]he isn't [D]here
[G]For he's [F#]been [A]drownded,
and greatly do [D]fear
On yon green is[A]land as
[G]we passed [A]it [D]by
There we [G]lost sight [A]of your sail[D]or boy
She wrung her hands, [G]she tore her [D]hair
She was [G]much like [F#]a mo[A]ngrel
in great des[D]pair
Her little [A]old gangster rock[G]et did [A]roll
[D]Said, how can I [G]let now
[A]William is [D]gone?
Mary [G]Lee, [D]Mary Lee,
[G]so Mary sailed we[D]
[G]No mortal [F#]on e[A]arth like a sailor at sea
[D]Heave away, por[A]t away, the[G] ship rolls alo[A]ng
[D]If a sailor is drunk[G],
[A]there's nothing [D]goes wrong
Mary [G]Lee, [D]Mary Lee
[G]So Mary, sail [D]me
[G]No mortal [F#]on e[A]arth
like a sailor at [D]sea
Leave away, [A]haul away,
[G]the ship rolls [A]along[D][A]
If a [D]sailor is [G]drunk,
[A]there's nothing goes wrong