Rolling Down To Old Maui chords by Stan Rogers

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Chorus:
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui

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

Chorus:
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


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

Chorus:
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui


Verse:
     Dm      A                  F      A              F      C      Dm
How soft the breeze through the island trees, now the ice is far astern
             A          F        A           F       C      Dm
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
    Dm        A           F        A               F       C     Dm
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales, rolling down to old Maui

Chorus:
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui
        F           C                      Dm             A
Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui
      Dm       A              F      A               F       C      Dm
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui