The Last Shanty chords by Nathan Evans

Key: A

♫ Verse 1:
N.C.
Well me father often told me when I was just a lad

A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad

But now I've joined the navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war

And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more


♫ Chorus:
       A
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
                                  E
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
      A
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore


♫ Verse 2:
          N.C.
Well the killick of our mess he says we had it soft

It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft

We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?

Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?


♫ Chorus:
       A
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
                                  E
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
      A
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore


♫ Verse 3:
      N.C.
They gave us an engine that first went up and down

And then with more technology the engine went around

We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for?

A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore


♫ Chorus:
       A
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
                                  E
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
      A
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore


♫ Verse 4:
         N.C.
And two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot

And now I've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot

So we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a pub ashore

A sailor's just a sailor just like he was before


♫ Chorus:
 E     A
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
                                  E
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
      A
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore


♫ Chorus:
 E     A
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast
                                  E
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
      A
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore

A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore