rolling along Chords

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
It's a [G]long
way to [C]Shanghai through the [G]vast China [D]Sea
The [Am]topsails [Em]are full but we're
[C]light on [D]the breeze
With a [G]good clip down [C]channel,
[G]and the passage looks [D]calm
And there's [Am]naught like a
[Em]clipper just [D]rolling [G]along

[Verse 2]
[C]Rolling [G]along, boys, [D]rolling [Em]along
And there's [C]naught like a [G]clipper
just [D]rolling [G]along

[Verse 3]
'Tween the skeleton [C]beach and
the [G]Cape of Good [D]Hope
There's [Am]sandbars and reef[Em]s, boys,
and they'll [C]give you [D]a grope
To you [G]skippers so [C]daring,
don't [G]act too cock- [D]sure
Or your [Am]ship may be [Em]wrecked
and you'll [D]sail her no [G]more
[C]Sail her no

[Verse 4]
[G]more, boys, [D]sail her no [Em]more
Or your [C]ship may be [G]wrecked
and you'll [D]sail her no [G]more

[Verse 5]
There's [G]pirates in [C]waiting
and [G]storms to be [D]tamed
The [Am]shoals all bear [Em]names of the
[C]boats that they [D]claimed
But [G]under our [C]feet the warm
[G]waters that [D]roll
Are [Am]blue as cut [Em]sapphires
[D]and shining like [G]gold

[Verse 6]
[C]Shining like [G]gold, boys, [D]shining like [Em]gold
As [C]blue as cut [G]sapphires and [D]shining
like [C]gold
[Em][D][C][Em][D]

[Verse 7]
Now our [G]cargo [C]is loaded and we
[G]catch the dawn [D]tide
I can [Am]bare see the [Em]vessels
I [C]race for [D]the prize
In the [G]docks back in [C]London,
they [G]wait for to [D]see
The [Am]sails of our [Em]clipper
and the [D]first stalk of [G]tea
[C]First stalk of

[Verse 8]
[G]tea, boys, [D]first stalk of [Em]tea
For the [C]sails of our [G]clipper and the
[D]first stalk of [G]tea

[Verse 9]
[G]Catching [C]the [G]westerly's haul every [D]hand
[Am]Pile on the topsail,
[Em]give[C] all she can stand[D]
For [G]heart then for [C]home,
I hear [G]calling me [D]on
And there's [Am]naught like a [Em]clipper,
just [D]rolling [G]along
[C]Rolling

[Verse 10]
[G]along, boys, [D]rolling [Em]along
And there's [C]naught like a
[G]clipper just [D]rolling [Em]along
[C]Rolling

[Verse 11]
[G]along, boys, [D]rolling [Em]along
And there's [C]naught like a
[G]clipper just [D]rolling along