Chords for A sailor aint a sailor. Fisherman's Friends
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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My father often told me when I was just a lad,
A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad.
But now I've joined the Navy, I've [G] fought a man of war,
But now I'm going to sailor after sailor [Gm] anymore.
Don't haul [Eb] on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If [D] you see a sailor ship, it might be a [Fm] lie.
Get your civvies ready for [F] another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a [F] sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
The cale of [F] government, he said he'd got it soft,
[C] It wasn't like this in his [N] day when he was up above.
When I kept boats and steel pipes, I fought some having four,
I sprang [C] from the deck and were lying [E] on the floor.
Don't [Fm] haul on the rod, don't climb up [D] the mast,
If you see a sailor ship, it might be a lie.
Get [F] your civvies ready for another round the [Bb] shore,
A sailor [Eb] ain't a sailor, [F] ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an [G] engine, the first one up and down,
With some more technology the [Ab] engine went to run.
We now have steam and diesel, but [F] what's a man of war?
A smoker ain't a smoker with a shovel anymore.
[Bb] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see a [N] sailor ship, it might be [F] a lie.
Get your [Fm] civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an old snap, so we didn't do it [Gb] right,
They gave us a radio signal day and night.
We now have coats and cyphers, [Eb] but what's a sailor for?
A bunking toss, [G] a curve pass, but bunking ain't no road.
[F] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the [Bb] mast,
If you see a sailor ship, [G] it might be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
Two cans of beer, plain as we want,
They gave us an extra one because we swore [G] the top,
So get on your silly clothes, you'll find a harbour shore,
The sailors say the [D] sailors, so I keep us people.
Don't [F] haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see [A] a sailor ship, it might [F] be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
Don't haul [G] on the rod, don't climb up the [Gm] mast,
If you see a [Eb] sailor ship, it might be [Bb] a lie.
Get your civvies ready [F] for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't [F] a
A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad.
But now I've joined the Navy, I've [G] fought a man of war,
But now I'm going to sailor after sailor [Gm] anymore.
Don't haul [Eb] on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If [D] you see a sailor ship, it might be a [Fm] lie.
Get your civvies ready for [F] another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a [F] sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
The cale of [F] government, he said he'd got it soft,
[C] It wasn't like this in his [N] day when he was up above.
When I kept boats and steel pipes, I fought some having four,
I sprang [C] from the deck and were lying [E] on the floor.
Don't [Fm] haul on the rod, don't climb up [D] the mast,
If you see a sailor ship, it might be a lie.
Get [F] your civvies ready for another round the [Bb] shore,
A sailor [Eb] ain't a sailor, [F] ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an [G] engine, the first one up and down,
With some more technology the [Ab] engine went to run.
We now have steam and diesel, but [F] what's a man of war?
A smoker ain't a smoker with a shovel anymore.
[Bb] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see a [N] sailor ship, it might be [F] a lie.
Get your [Fm] civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an old snap, so we didn't do it [Gb] right,
They gave us a radio signal day and night.
We now have coats and cyphers, [Eb] but what's a sailor for?
A bunking toss, [G] a curve pass, but bunking ain't no road.
[F] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the [Bb] mast,
If you see a sailor ship, [G] it might be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
Two cans of beer, plain as we want,
They gave us an extra one because we swore [G] the top,
So get on your silly clothes, you'll find a harbour shore,
The sailors say the [D] sailors, so I keep us people.
Don't [F] haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see [A] a sailor ship, it might [F] be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
Don't haul [G] on the rod, don't climb up the [Gm] mast,
If you see a [Eb] sailor ship, it might be [Bb] a lie.
Get your civvies ready [F] for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't [F] a
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_ My father often told me when I was just a lad,
A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad.
But now I've joined the Navy, I've [G] fought a man of war,
But now I'm going to sailor after sailor [Gm] anymore.
Don't haul [Eb] on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If [D] you see a sailor ship, it might be a [Fm] lie.
Get your civvies ready for [F] another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a [F] sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
The cale of [F] government, he said he'd got it soft,
[C] It wasn't like this in his [N] day when he was up above.
When I kept boats and steel pipes, I fought some having four,
I sprang [C] from the deck and were lying [E] on the floor.
Don't [Fm] haul on the rod, don't climb up [D] the mast,
If you see a sailor ship, it might be a lie.
Get [F] your civvies ready for another round the [Bb] shore,
A sailor [Eb] ain't a sailor, [F] ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an [G] engine, the first one up and down,
With some more technology the [Ab] engine went to run.
We now have steam and diesel, but [F] what's a man of war?
A smoker ain't a smoker with a shovel anymore.
[Bb] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see a [N] sailor ship, it might be [F] a lie.
Get your [Fm] civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an old snap, so we didn't do it [Gb] right,
They gave us a radio signal day and night.
We now have coats and cyphers, [Eb] but what's a sailor for?
A bunking toss, [G] a curve pass, but bunking ain't no road.
[F] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the [Bb] mast,
If you see a sailor ship, [G] it might be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
Two cans of beer, plain as we want,
They gave us an extra one because we swore [G] the top,
So get on your silly clothes, you'll find a harbour shore,
The sailors say the [D] sailors, so I keep us people.
Don't [F] haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see [A] a sailor ship, it might [F] be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
Don't haul [G] on the rod, don't climb up the [Gm] mast,
If you see a [Eb] sailor ship, it might be [Bb] a lie.
Get your civvies ready [F] for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't [F] a
A sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad.
But now I've joined the Navy, I've [G] fought a man of war,
But now I'm going to sailor after sailor [Gm] anymore.
Don't haul [Eb] on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If [D] you see a sailor ship, it might be a [Fm] lie.
Get your civvies ready for [F] another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a [F] sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
The cale of [F] government, he said he'd got it soft,
[C] It wasn't like this in his [N] day when he was up above.
When I kept boats and steel pipes, I fought some having four,
I sprang [C] from the deck and were lying [E] on the floor.
Don't [Fm] haul on the rod, don't climb up [D] the mast,
If you see a sailor ship, it might be a lie.
Get [F] your civvies ready for another round the [Bb] shore,
A sailor [Eb] ain't a sailor, [F] ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an [G] engine, the first one up and down,
With some more technology the [Ab] engine went to run.
We now have steam and diesel, but [F] what's a man of war?
A smoker ain't a smoker with a shovel anymore.
[Bb] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see a [N] sailor ship, it might be [F] a lie.
Get your [Fm] civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
They gave us an old snap, so we didn't do it [Gb] right,
They gave us a radio signal day and night.
We now have coats and cyphers, [Eb] but what's a sailor for?
A bunking toss, [G] a curve pass, but bunking ain't no road.
[F] Don't haul on the rod, don't climb up the [Bb] mast,
If you see a sailor ship, [G] it might be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another [Bb] round the shore,
A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor [Gb] anymore.
Two cans of beer, plain as we want,
They gave us an extra one because we swore [G] the top,
So get on your silly clothes, you'll find a harbour shore,
The sailors say the [D] sailors, so I keep us people.
Don't [F] haul on the rod, don't climb up the mast,
If you see [A] a sailor ship, it might [F] be a lie.
Get your civvies ready for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
Don't haul [G] on the rod, don't climb up the [Gm] mast,
If you see a [Eb] sailor ship, it might be [Bb] a lie.
Get your civvies ready [F] for another round the shore,
[Bb] A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't [F] a