Off To Sea chords by The Longest Johns

Verse 1:
     Am                G            F      G      Am
When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon the spree
     Am                C/G                 Am                   G
With money at last, I spent it fast, I got drunk as drunk could be,
    C/G           G                    Am                 G
But when my money was all gone, it was then that I wanted more,
      Am                   G                   F     G        Am
But a man must be blind to make up his mind to go to sea once more.



     C          G     Am             G
Once more, once more, go to sea once more,
      Am                   G
But a man must be blind to make up his mind,
   F     G        Am
To go to sea once more.

 Verse 2:
    Am               G             F          G      Am
And as I walked down London Road I met with a Rapper Brown,
  Am                C/G               Am                  G
I asked him if he'd take me in and he looked at me with a frown,
   C/G                  G                Am                G
He said: "Last time you was paid off, to me you chalked no score,
         Am                         G                           F           G        Am
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance, and I'll send you to sea once more."



     C          G     Am                   G
Once more, once more, send you to sea once more,
         Am                         G
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance
         F                 G        Am
And I'll send you to go to sea once more.


Verse 3:
  Am                    G                       F             G         Am
I shipped on board of a whaling barque, we were bound for the Greenland seas
      Am                      C/G                 Am                G
Where cold winds blow through frost and snow, why Jamaica rum would freeze
    C/G                   G                         Am                 G
And worst to bear, I'd no hard weather gear, as I'd spent all my money ashore
       Am                      G                    F     G      Am
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more



   C        G     Am           G
No more, no more, go to sea no more
       Am                      G
It was then that I wished that I was dead
          F     G      Am
And could go to sea no more


Verse 4:
     Am                   G                     F           G        Am
Some times we're catching whales, my lads, some times we're catching none
       Am                    C/G               Am                  G
With a twenty-foot oar stuck in your paw, from four o'clock in the morn
    C/G              G                     Am                 G
And as the shades of night roll on and you rest on your weary oar,
       Am                      G                    F     G      Am
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more



   C        G     Am           G
No more, no more, go to sea no more
       Am                      G
It was then that I wished that I was dead
          F     G      Am
And could go to sea no more


Verse 5:
        Am                   G                 F      G     Am
So come all you hard weather sailing lads, who listen to my song
     Am                C/G                   Am              G
When you get back from those long trips, I'd have you not go wrong
     C/G              G                          Am                    G
Take my advice, drink no strong drink, don't you knock on that brothel door
        Am                        G                     F     G      Am
But get married instead and spend all night in bed, and go to sea no more.



   C        G     Am           G
No more, no more, go to sea no more
        Am                        G
But get married instead and spend all night in bed,
    F     G      Am
And go to sea no more.