Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Novice
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish Ladies,
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Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain;
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For we've received orders for to sail for ol' England,
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But we hope in a short while to see you again.
Chorus:
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We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,
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We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.
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Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;
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From Ushant to Scilly is thirty five leagues.
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We hove our ship to with the wind from sou'west, boys
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We hove our ship to, deep soundings to take;
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'Twas forty-five fathoms, with a white sandy bottom,
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So we squared our main yard and up channel did make.
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The first land we sighted was called the Dodman,
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Next Rame Head off Plymouth, off Portsmouth the Wight;
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We sailed by Beachy, by Fairlight and Dover,
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And then we bore up for the South Foreland light.
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,
A augmentedA D MajorD
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England;
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From Ushant to Scilly is thirty five leagues.
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Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor,
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And all in the Downs that night for to lie;
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Let go your shank painter, let go your cat stopper!
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Haul up your clewgarnets, let tacks and sheets fly!
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Now let ev'ry man drink off his full bumper,
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And let ev'ry man drink off his full glass;
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We'll drink and be jolly and drown melancholy,
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And here's to the health of each true-hearted lass.