A Hundred Years Ago chords by Traditional

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyKJKMzNRwc

Verse 1:
  Am                   Em      D
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G       D           Am
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore,
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 2:
    Am            Em         D
Oh, when I sailed across the sea,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
   G         D       Am
My girl said she'd be true to me.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 3:
  Am             Em     D
I promised her a golden ring,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
    G        D      Am
She promised me that little thing.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 4:
  Am              Em         D
I wish to God I'd never been born,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
   G           D         Am
To go rambling round and round Cape Horn
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 5:
 Am         Em              D
Around Cape Stiff where the wild winds blow,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G          D             Am
Around Cape Stiff through sleet and snow.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 6:
 Am                   Em     D
Around Cape Horn with frozen sails,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
 G          D      Am
Around Cape Horn to fish for whales.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 7:
    Am              Em   D
Oh, Bully John from Baltimore,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G        D          Am
I knew him well on the Eastern Shore.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 8:
    Am                 Em      D
Oh, Bully John was the boy for me,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
  G        D         Am
A bucko on land and a bully at sea.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 9:
    Am            Em       D
Oh, Bully John, I knew him well,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
    G        D       Am
But now he's dead and gone to hell.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 10:
     Am            Em        D
It's up aloft this yard must go,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
    G      D       Am
For mister mate has told us so.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.

Verse 11:
  Am                  Em      D
I thought I heard the skipper say,
Am  D    Am
Oh, yes, oh!
     G        D               Am
Just one more pull and then belay.
  D       G     D
A hundred years ago.


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