Homeward Bound chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:

         FF    C majorC
They will take us from the moorings

         FF    C majorC
They will tow us down the Bay

             G+G        C majorC
They will pluck us up to windward when we sail

         FF     C majorC
We will hear the keen wind whistle

         FF    C majorC
We will feel the sting of spray

               G+G       C majorC
When we've seen the deep-sea pilot o'er the rail

Verse:

     FF    G+G     C majorC
Then it's Johnnie heave and start her

     FF    G+G    C majorC
Then it's Johnnie roll and go

     FF     G+G     C majorC
When the mates have picked the watches

             G+G   C majorC
There is little rest for Jack

         FF    C majorC
We will sing the good old chorus

         FF    C majorC
That the Homeward Bounders know

              G+G
For the girls have got the towrope

      FF       C majorC   G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC FF C majorC
And they're hauling in the slack

Verse:

         FF      C majorC
Through the dusty streets and dismal

          FF   C majorC
Through the noises of the town

              G+G          C majorC
You can hear the West wind humming through the shrouds

         FF     C majorC
And we'll see the lightning leaping

       FF    C majorC
As the tropic suns go down

           G+G       C majorC
And the dapple of the shadows on the clouds

Verse:

    FF     G+G   C majorC
And the salt blood dances in us

    FF    G+G    C majorC
To the tune of Homeward Bound

    FF    G+G   C majorC
To the call to weary watches

            G+G   C majorC
To the sheet and to the tack

         FF    C majorC
When they bid us man the capstan

        FF    C majorC
All hands will walk her round

              G+G
For the girls have got the tow-rope

      FF       C majorC   G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC FF C majorC
And they're hauling in the slack

Verse:

           FF   C majorC
Through the sunshine of the tropics

          FF   C majorC
Round the bleak and dreary Horn

            G+G        C majorC
Half across the sleepy planet lies our way

          FF   C majorC
And we'll leave the land behind us

        FF    C majorC
Like a welcome long outworn

            G+G          C majorC
When we see the reeling mastheads swing and sway

Verse:

      FF    G+G    C majorC
Through the weather fair and stormy

      FF    G+G   C majorC
Through the calm and in the gale

    FF     G+G    C majorC
We will heave and haul to help her

         G+G   C majorC
We will keep her on her track

          FF    C majorC
And we'll sing the good old chanties

         FF   C majorC
As all hands are making sail

              G+G
For the girls have got the tow-rope

      FF       C majorC
And they're hauling in the slack

Outro:

    G+G     C majorC
Heave away (haul away)

   G+G      C majorC
Haul away (haul away)

    G+G      C majorC
Heave away (heave away)

    G+G     C majorC
Haul away (haul away)