Key: E Chorus: C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C Am Dm G Time to get ready, we're sailing away C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail Verse 1: C Am F G We rise in the morning, sail out on the tide G C G Silent we slip from the quay C Am F G With the gulls overhead and the seals alongside G C G Proudly we head out to sea
Chorus: C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C Am Dm G Time to get ready, we're sailing away C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail Verse 2: C Am F G We'll fish in the Minches fair weather or foul G C G Living our lives on the sea C Am F G It's hard and it's tough and the pay's not enough G C G But what other life can there be Chorus: C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C Am Dm G Time to get ready, we're sailing away C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail Verse 3: C Am F G A trawlerman's plight is to work day and night G C G And grab an hour's sleep in between C Am F G Casting the nets out and hauling them in G C G Sometimes not a fish to be seen Chorus: C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C Am Dm G Time to get ready, we're sailing away C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail Verse 4: C Am F G We'll be cold, tired and hungry and drenched to the skin G C G As we head back to Stornoway town C Am F G With our catch safely landed we'll have a good dram G C G In The Clachan, The Lewis or The Crown Chorus: C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C Am Dm G Time to get ready, we're sailing away C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C Am Dm G Time to get ready, we're sailing away C Am F C It's five o'clock in the morning C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail C G F F G G Time to get ready to sail
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