Pump Shanty Ukulele chords by The Mechanisms

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:

A|-0---------0--1-0--1-3--5-3--1----0--|
E|-----0-1--3-------------------3--3---|
C|--2----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|

A|-0-----0------------|
E|--------3--1-0-----0|
C|--2-2----------0-2--|
G|--------------------|

A|------------------0--5-3--2----0---|
E|-1--0----1-3--5------------3--3----|
C|-----2-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|

A|-0--------------0--0---0-------------|
E|---------0-1--3---------3--1-0-------|
C|----2-2-------------2-----------0-2--|
G|-------------------------------------|

A|-----------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0-|
C|-2---------------|
G|-----------------|


Verse 1:
Dm
A wiser man than I once spoke
      C
That life at heart is all a joke
    Gm
But he was not embroiled in smoke
         Dm
So it’s pump, me boys, before we choke


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Interlude:

A|----------------|
E|-----0---1---0--|
C|-2--------------|
G|----------------|


Verse 2:
Dm
The image of my sweetheart’s face
C
It fires the heart and sets the pace
Gm
Whate’er the time, whate’er the place
Dm
I’ll find him through the depths of space


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Interlude:

A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|


Verse 3:
Dm
I long to lie atop my bed
 C
With pleasant dreams inside my head
Gm
But pumping’s all I get instead
 Dm
I’ll only sleep among the dead


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Interlude:

A|----------------|
E|-----0---1---0--|
C|-2--------------|
G|----------------|


Verse 4:
Dm
My blood is pooling on the floor
 C
And every second I lose more
Gm
But there’s so many meds in store
 Dm
I’ll do the work of three or four


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Interlude:

A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|


Verse 5:
Dm
The engine fumes will scorch your lungs
 C
The smog is thick, your eyes are stung
Gm
But there’s no clean air left to run
Dm
This pumping business ain’t much fun


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Interlude:

A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|


Verse 6:
Dm
The outer hull is shot to hell
 C
The thrust has just one plasma cell
Gm
My joints and muscles ache and swell
Dm
So fuck the Rose, and you as well!


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Interlude:

A|----------------|
E|-----0---1---0--|
C|-2--------------|
G|----------------|


Verse 7:
Dm
A transport mission gone awry
C
Attacked by Cole and left to fry
Gm
Is no excuse, boys, let us cry:
 Dm
“Today is not the day we die!”


Chorus:
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Intrumental:

A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|

A|-0---------0--1-0--0---------0--1-0--|
E|-----0-1--3------------0-1--3--------|
C|--2-----------------2----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|

A|-1-3--5-3--1----0--0----0-------------|
E|------------3--3---------3--1-0-------|
C|---------------------2-----------0-2--|
G|--------------------------------------|

A|----------------0---0--5-3--2----0---|
E|-0-1--0----1-3---------------3--3----|
C|--------2----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|

A|-0-------------0--0---0------------------|
E|---------0-1--3--------3--1-0------------|
C|----2-2------------2-----------0-2-------|
G|-----------------------------------------|


1,2,3,4!


Chorus: (faster)
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home


Chorus: (even faster)
 Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
 C
Down to hell and up to the sky
 Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
 Dm
We’re just a million miles from home