Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse 1:
FF G minorGm
As I walked down the Broadway
A#A# C majorC
One evening last July
FF G minorGm
I met a maid who asked me trade
A#A# C majorC FF
And a sailor lad says I
FF G minorGm
To Tiffany's I took her
A#A# C majorC
I didn’t mind expense
FF G minorGm
I bought her a pair of gold earrings
A#A# C majorC FF
And they cost me fifteen cents
🎸 Chorus:
FF A#A#
Away Santee
FF C majorC
My Dear Annie
FF A#A#
Oh, you New York girls
FF C majorC FF
can't you dance the polka?
🎸 Instrumental:
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse 2:
FF G minorGm
And she says, 'You Limejuice sailor
A#A# C majorC
Now take me home you may
FF G minorGm
But when we reached her cottage door
A#A# C majorC FF
She this to me did say
FF G minorGm
My flash man he's a Yankee
A#A# C majorC
With his hair cut short behind
FF G minorGm
He wears a pair of black sea-boots
A#A# C majorC FF
And he sails in the Blackball Line
🎸 Chorus:
FF A#A#
Away Santee
FF C majorC
My Dear Annie
FF A#A#
Oh, you New York girls
FF C majorC FF
can't you dance the polka?
🎸 Instrumental:
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse 3:
FF G minorGm
And He's homeward bound this evening
A#A# C majorC
And with me he will stay
FF G minorGm
So get a move on, sailor-boy
A#A# C majorC FF
Get cracking on your way
FF G minorGm
I kissed her hard and proper
A#A# C majorC
Afore her flash man came
FF G minorGm
So fare thee well, you Bowery girl
A#A# C majorC FF
I know your little game
🎸 Chorus:
FF A#A#
Away Santee
FF C majorC
My Dear Annie
FF A#A#
Oh, you New York girls
FF C majorC FF
can't you dance the polka?
🎸 Instrumental:
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse 4:
FF G minorGm
And then I wrapped me glad rags round me
A#A# C majorC
And to the docks did steer
FF G minorGm
I will never court another girl
A#A# C majorC FF
I'll stick to rum and beer
FF G minorGm
I joined a Yankee blood-boat
A#A# C majorC
And sailed away next morn
FF G minorGm
Don't mess around with women boys
A#A# C majorC FF
You're safer ‘round Cape Horn
🎸 Chorus:
FF A#A#
Away Santee
FF C majorC
My Dear Annie
FF A#A#
Oh, you New York girls
FF C majorC FF
can't you dance the polka?
🎸 Chorus:
FF A#A#
Away Santee
FF C majorC
My Dear Annie
FF A#A#
Oh, you New York girls
FF C majorC FF
can't you dance the polka?
🎸 Outro:
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF
FF A#A# FF C majorC
FF A#A# FF C majorC FF