Excursion Around the Bay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Well [Em]it was on this Monday morning
[G]And the day be [Bb]calm and [Em]fine
A harbor grace excursion
With the boys who had the time
And just before the sailor
Took the gangway from the [G]pier
I [Em]saw some fellow [G]haul me wife
Aboard as a volunteer
[Em][Chorus] Oh me, oh my,

[Verse 2]
[Em]
I heard me old wife [G]cry
[Asus4]Oh me, oh my, I think I'm go[G]nna die!
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say,
"I [Em]wish I'd never [G]taken this excursion
around [D#]the bay"[Em]
We had fourteen [G]hundred

[Verse 3]
[Em]souls aboard,
oh what a splendid sight!
Left [A]strong and regiment[Em]al
to [G]make our spirits bright
[Em]And meself being in the double,
when a funny thing[D#]s they'd say
They [G]choke themselves from laughing
when they'd see us in the bay
[Em][D#]

[Verse 4]
[G][Chorus]
[Asus4]Me wife[G][D][G]
[D#]she got no better,
she turned a sickly green
I fed her [D]cake and [G]candy,
fat [D#]pork and kerosene
[G]Castor Oil [Em]and sug[G]ar of candy,
I rubbed pure oil on her face
[Em]And I [D#]said she'll be a [Em]dandy [G]when we [Em]reaches Harbor
[G]Grace![D#][Em]

[Interlude 1]
[G][A][Asus4][G]
[D][G]
[Em][G]
[Chorus] My [D#]wife she got no

[Verse 5]
better[Em],
my [D#]wife me darling dear
The [D]screeches [G]from her trolley
could hear in Carbonear
I tried [Em]every place in Harbor Grace,
[G]Tried every [D]store and shop,
[G]To get her something for a cure or take her to
[Em]the hop

[Interlude 2]
[Em][G][D][G]
[D#]
[G][D#]
[G][Chorus]

[Verse 6]
She died below the brandy's
as [D#]we were coming back
[G]We buried her [F]in the [G]ocean,
wrapped up in a Uni[D]on [G]Jack
[D]So now I am a single man,
in search of a pretty [D#]face
And the [Em]woman [G]that says she'll have me,
I'm off for Harbor Grace!

[Outro 1]
[Chorus]
[G][D][G][Asus4]
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