The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Our[Am] gall[D]ant ship the A[C]mphitr[Am]ite,
[G]she lay in [D]Plymouth Sound
Blue Peter at [Am]the [D]fore- mast head
for [G]she was outward [Am]bound
[D]We were waiting[G] the[D]re for[G] order
[Am]s to[D] sen[G]d us far from ho[Am]me
[D]Our orders came [C]for [D]Ri [Am]o,
and [G]thence [D]around Cape Horn
[G][D]

[Verse 2]
When we arrived [G]at [Am]Rio w[D]e pre
[G]pared [D]for heavy [Dm]gales
[D]We set[Am] up all our rig[D]ging, boys,
and bent [G]on all new [Am]sails
[D]From ship [G]to [D]ship [Am]they [G]cheered
[D]us as [G]we did sail [Am]along
[D]And wished us [Am]pleas[C]ant [Am]weather
in the [G]rounding [D]of Cape Horn
When beating off [C]Magel

[Verse 3]
[Am]lan
[G]it blew [D]exceeding hard
While shortening [G]sail,
two [D]gallant [G]tars fell from the tops'l [Am]yard[D]
By angry seas [G]the ropes we [D]threw from
[G]their poor hands was [Am]torn
We were [G]forced to [D]leave [C]them [Am]for the sharks [G]that prowl a[D]round

[Interlude 1]
Cape Horn
[Am][D][G][D][G][D][G][Am][D]
[G][D][G][D][G][Am][G][D]
[G]When [D]we got

[Verse 4]
[Am]round [C]the [Am]Horn, my [G]boys,
we had some [D]glorious [Dm]days
[D]And very soon our killick
dropped into [G]Valparaiso [Am]Bay
The [D]pretty girls [Am]came round [D]in flocks,
I [G]solemnly de[Am]clare
They're [G]far before [Am]the Ply[G]mouth girls
with their [D]long and their curly hair
For [G]they love a [C]jolly

[Verse 5]
[D]sail[G]or when
he spends [D]his money free
They'll laugh and sing and merry merry
be [G]and [D]hav[G]e a jovial spr[D]ee[Am]
[D]And when your money is all gone,
they [G]won't on you [D]impose
They're not like [Am]the Ply[D]mouth girls
[G]that'll pawn [D]and sell your clothes
Farewell to [Am]Val [D]paraiso,

[Verse 6]
and [G]farewell [D]for a while
Likewise to all your Spanish girls
[G]along the coast of [D]Chile
And if ever I live to be paid off,
I'll sit and'll sing this [D]song
God bless those pretty Spanish
girls we left around [D]Cape Horn