Banks Of Newfoundland chords by The Longest Johns

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
  A minorAm              G+G      A minorAm
Me bully boys of Liverpool I'll have you to beware
   A minorAm                 G+G       A minorAm
When you sail in them packet ships no dungaree jumpers wear
  C majorC         A minorAm     C majorC       G+G
But have a good monkey jacket all ready to your hand
     A minorAm                G+G        A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland


Chorus:
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her, with holystone and sand
     A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland

Verse 2:
    A minorAm                   G+G        A minorAm
Well we had Jack Lynch from Ballynahinch, Mike Murphy and some more
   A minorAm         G+G                A minorAm
And I tell you well, they suffered like hell on the way to Baltimore (To Baltimore!)
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC         G+G
They pawned their gear in Liverpool, and sailed as they did stand
     A minorAm                G+G        A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland


Chorus:
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her, with holystone and sand
     A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland


Verse 3:
     A minorAm              G+G           A minorAm
Well the mate he stood on the fo'c'sle head and loudly he did roar
   A minorAm                  G+G          A minorAm
Come rattle her in, me lucky lads, you're bound for America's shore (America's shore!)
   C majorC            A minorAm          C majorC         G+G
Come wipe the blood off that dead man's face, and haul or you'll be damned
     A minorAm                G+G        A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland


Chorus:
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her, with holystone and sand
     A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland

Verse 4:
  A minorAm                    G+G       A minorAm
And now it's reef and reif, me boys, with the canvas frozen hard
    A minorAm                  G+G         A minorAm
At each mountain pass every mother's son on a ninety-foot tops'l yard (Tops'l yard!)
   C majorC          A minorAm      C majorC         G+G
Never mind about boots or oilskins, but haul or you'll be damned;(Haul or you'll be damned!)
     A minorAm                G+G        A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland


Chorus:
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her, with holystone and sand
     A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland


Verse 5:
  A minorAm                    G+G         A minorAm
And now we're off the hook, me boys, and the land is white with snow
  A minorAm                   G+G           A minorAm
And soon we'll see that paytable and we'll spend the whole night below (Night below!)
  C majorC          A minorAm         C majorC         G+G
And on the docks, come down in flocks, them pretty girls will say
     A minorAm                   G+G        A minorAm
Well it's snugger with me than on the sea, on the Banks of Newfoundland


Outro:
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her, with holystone and sand
     A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland
   C majorC          A minorAm       C majorC       G+G
We'll scrape her and we'll scrub her, with holystone and sand
     A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
For there blow some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland