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Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate Ukulele by Traditional

Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate Ukulele chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
Am        Dm Am   Dm   Em   Am
Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
Am        Dm  Am   Dm   Em   Am
Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am    Am             Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Verse 2:
Am          Dm    Am   Dm     Em    Am
Since we sailed from Plymouth Sound, four years gone, or nigh, Jack.
Am       Dm    Am  Dm   Em   Am
Was there ever chummies, now, such as you and I, Jack?
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Verse 3:
Am         Dm    Am   Dm   Em   Am
We have worked the self same gun, quarterdeck division.
Am       Dm  Am   Dm     Em   Am
Sponger I and loader you, through the whole commission.
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Verse 4:
Am        Dm   Am   Dm   Em    Am
Oftentimes have we laid out, toil nor danger fearing,
Am        Dm   Am   Dm  Em    Am
Tugging out the flapping sail to the weather earring.
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Verse 5:
Am        Dm    Am  Dm   Em    Am
When the middle watch was on, and the time went slow, boy,
Am         Dm   Am   Dm    Em   Am
Who could choose a rousing stave, who like Jack or Joe, boy?
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Verse 6:
Am          Dm  Am   Dm  Em   Am
There she swings, an empty hulk, not a soul below now.
Am       Dm   Am   Dm   Em    Am
Number seven starboard mess misses Jack and Joe now.
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Verse 7:
Am           Dm  Am   Dm   Em    Am
But the best of friends must part, fair or foul the weather.
Am        Dm  Am   Dm  Em    Am
Hand yer flipper for a shake, now a drink together.
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

Outro:
Am                   Dm       Em
Long we've tossed on the rolling main, now we're safe ashore, Jack.
Am        Dm Am     Am              Em   Am
Don't forget yer old shipmate, faldee raldee raldee raldee rye eye doe!

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