Rolling Down To Old Maui chords by Stan Rogers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
    DmDm     A augmentedA       FF    A augmentedA     FF     C majorC   DmDm
It's a damn tough life, full of toil and strife, we whaler-men undergo
          A augmentedA       FF    A augmentedA     FF    C majorC     DmDm
And we don't give a damn when the gale is done, how hard the winds did blow
     DmDm           C majorC          FF          A augmentedA
For we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground with a good ship, taut and free
    DmDm      A augmentedA      FF     A augmentedA      FF    C majorC   DmDm
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls of old Maui

Chorus:
    FF      C majorC           DmDm       A augmentedA
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   DmDm    A augmentedA       FF   A augmentedA        FF    C majorC   DmDm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui

Verse:
   DmDm   A augmentedA       FF     A augmentedA        FF    C majorC    DmDm
Once more we sail with the northerly gale through the ice and wind and rain
       A augmentedA      FF    A augmentedA     FF     C majorC   DmDm
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands, we soon shall see again
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Six hellish months we've passed away on the cold Kamchatka sea
  DmDm    A augmentedA       FF   A augmentedA        FF    C majorC    DmDm
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui

Chorus:
    FF      C majorC           DmDm       A augmentedA
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   DmDm    A augmentedA       FF   A augmentedA        FF    C majorC   DmDm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


Verse:
   DmDm   A augmentedA       FF     A augmentedA    FF     C majorC    DmDm
Once more we sail with the northerly gale, towards our island home
       A augmentedA      FF    A augmentedA     FF    C majorC     DmDm
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done, and we ain't got far to roam
  DmDm         C majorC         FF         A augmentedA
Our stu'n's'l booms is carried away, what care we for that sound?
 DmDm   A augmentedA    FF   A augmentedA     FF     C majorC    DmDm
A augmentedA living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound!

Chorus:
    FF      C majorC           DmDm       A augmentedA
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   DmDm    A augmentedA       FF   A augmentedA        FF    C majorC   DmDm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


Verse:
   DmDm   A augmentedA         FF   A augmentedA       FF   C majorC   DmDm
How soft the breeze through the island trees, now the ice is far astern
       A augmentedA     FF    A augmentedA      FF    C majorC   DmDm
Them native maids, them tropical glades, is awaiting our return
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Even now their big brown eyes look out, hoping some fine day to see
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Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales, rolling down to old Maui

Chorus:
    FF      C majorC           DmDm       A augmentedA
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   DmDm    A augmentedA       FF   A augmentedA        FF    C majorC   DmDm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui
    FF      C majorC           DmDm       A augmentedA
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
   DmDm    A augmentedA       FF   A augmentedA        FF    C majorC   DmDm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui