Chords for Best Sea Shanty ever written? You can't hold a good man down. Cornwalls' own Pirateers
Tempo:
63 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Am
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Am]
[F] [G] [D] [F]
[Am] [D]
I set to sea as a country lad to make a dream come true
A full blown wind took a heart of stern that blew from Timbuktu
We went down like an anchor chain I thought that we would drown
Swam belly up and prayed like hell, yet I [Em] can't hold a good [D] man down
[G] I rode like Billy [D] O'May, the [A] silly O's ended [Bm] up in the Rosen [G] crown
Drank the [D] night away, seems like [A] yesterday when we went down
Now [G] we're [D] way out, [A] can't blow [D] the man down [G] Way [D] out, [A] can't blow the [G] man down
Hey [D] out, [A] can't hold the man, [G] hold the man [A] down Boys, [D] hold this man down
T'was devil's form and tack and rub that kept the fear at bay
But a navy sail on the starboard bow was getting in our way
A broadside rained like a fire from hell, we made the beggars pay
But we did not save a giant wife that our killer wife
[G] So in the [D] drink we go sink or [A] swimmy, oh baby, [Bm] June's tried to take us [G] down
Wreckage dripped [D] away, soggy cast [F#m] away, [Bm] running [C#m] aground
Now [G] we're way [D] out, [A] can't blow the man [G] down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man [G] down
[D] Hey [A] out, can't [D] hold the man, [G] hold the man down [A] Boys, hold [D] this man down
I landed on a desert isle and stowed aboard a sail
Made a lift as a cabin boy until we hit the wail
[A] Way out, can't blow the man down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man down
Hey out, can't hold the man, hold the man down Boys, [G] hold this man [D] down
Hey, yo, [A] can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm way [D] up, [A] can't blow [D] the man down,
[G] hey, [D] yo, [A] can't hold the [D] man, hold the [G] man [A] down.
boyz, [G] hold this man.
[D] Hey, [A] yo, can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm [D] way [A] up, can't blow the man [G] down,
[D] hey, yo, [A] can't call [D] the man, hold [G] the man down.
[A] Boyz, hold this [D] man down.
Hold this man down.
Hold this man down.
[F] [D]
[F] [Am] [D]
[Am]
[F] [G] [D] [F]
[Am] [D]
I set to sea as a country lad to make a dream come true
A full blown wind took a heart of stern that blew from Timbuktu
We went down like an anchor chain I thought that we would drown
Swam belly up and prayed like hell, yet I [Em] can't hold a good [D] man down
[G] I rode like Billy [D] O'May, the [A] silly O's ended [Bm] up in the Rosen [G] crown
Drank the [D] night away, seems like [A] yesterday when we went down
Now [G] we're [D] way out, [A] can't blow [D] the man down [G] Way [D] out, [A] can't blow the [G] man down
Hey [D] out, [A] can't hold the man, [G] hold the man [A] down Boys, [D] hold this man down
T'was devil's form and tack and rub that kept the fear at bay
But a navy sail on the starboard bow was getting in our way
A broadside rained like a fire from hell, we made the beggars pay
But we did not save a giant wife that our killer wife
[G] So in the [D] drink we go sink or [A] swimmy, oh baby, [Bm] June's tried to take us [G] down
Wreckage dripped [D] away, soggy cast [F#m] away, [Bm] running [C#m] aground
Now [G] we're way [D] out, [A] can't blow the man [G] down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man [G] down
[D] Hey [A] out, can't [D] hold the man, [G] hold the man down [A] Boys, hold [D] this man down
I landed on a desert isle and stowed aboard a sail
Made a lift as a cabin boy until we hit the wail
[A] Way out, can't blow the man down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man down
Hey out, can't hold the man, hold the man down Boys, [G] hold this man [D] down
Hey, yo, [A] can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm way [D] up, [A] can't blow [D] the man down,
[G] hey, [D] yo, [A] can't hold the [D] man, hold the [G] man [A] down.
boyz, [G] hold this man.
[D] Hey, [A] yo, can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm [D] way [A] up, can't blow the man [G] down,
[D] hey, yo, [A] can't call [D] the man, hold [G] the man down.
[A] Boyz, hold this [D] man down.
Hold this man down.
Hold this man down.
[F] [D]
[F] [Am] [D]
[Am]
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_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I set to sea as a country lad to make a dream come true
A full blown wind took a heart of stern that blew from Timbuktu
We went down like an anchor chain I thought that we would drown
Swam belly up and prayed like hell, yet I [Em] can't hold a good [D] man down
[G] I rode like Billy [D] O'May, the [A] silly O's ended [Bm] up in the Rosen [G] crown
Drank the [D] night away, seems like [A] yesterday when we went down
Now [G] we're [D] way out, [A] can't blow [D] the man down [G] Way [D] out, [A] can't blow the [G] man down
Hey [D] out, [A] can't hold the man, [G] hold the man [A] down Boys, [D] hold this man down _ _
_ _ T'was devil's form and tack and rub that kept the fear at bay
But a navy sail on the starboard bow was getting in our way
A broadside rained like a fire from hell, we made the beggars pay
But we did not save a giant wife that our killer wife
[G] So in the [D] drink we go sink or [A] swimmy, oh baby, [Bm] June's tried to take us [G] down
Wreckage dripped [D] away, soggy cast [F#m] away, [Bm] running [C#m] aground
Now [G] we're way [D] out, [A] can't blow the man [G] down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man [G] down
[D] Hey [A] out, can't [D] hold the man, [G] hold the man down [A] Boys, hold [D] this man down _ _ _ _ _
I landed on a desert isle and stowed aboard a sail
Made a lift as a cabin boy until we hit the wail
[A] Way out, can't blow the man down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man down
Hey out, can't hold the man, hold the man down Boys, [G] hold this man [D] down
Hey, yo, [A] can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm way [D] up, [A] can't blow [D] the man down,
[G] hey, [D] yo, [A] can't hold the [D] man, hold the [G] man [A] down.
boyz, [G] hold this man.
[D] Hey, [A] yo, can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm [D] way [A] up, can't blow the man [G] down,
[D] hey, yo, [A] can't call [D] the man, hold [G] the man down.
[A] Boyz, hold this [D] man down. _
_ _ _ Hold this man down. _ _
_ _ Hold this man down. _ _
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[F] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I set to sea as a country lad to make a dream come true
A full blown wind took a heart of stern that blew from Timbuktu
We went down like an anchor chain I thought that we would drown
Swam belly up and prayed like hell, yet I [Em] can't hold a good [D] man down
[G] I rode like Billy [D] O'May, the [A] silly O's ended [Bm] up in the Rosen [G] crown
Drank the [D] night away, seems like [A] yesterday when we went down
Now [G] we're [D] way out, [A] can't blow [D] the man down [G] Way [D] out, [A] can't blow the [G] man down
Hey [D] out, [A] can't hold the man, [G] hold the man [A] down Boys, [D] hold this man down _ _
_ _ T'was devil's form and tack and rub that kept the fear at bay
But a navy sail on the starboard bow was getting in our way
A broadside rained like a fire from hell, we made the beggars pay
But we did not save a giant wife that our killer wife
[G] So in the [D] drink we go sink or [A] swimmy, oh baby, [Bm] June's tried to take us [G] down
Wreckage dripped [D] away, soggy cast [F#m] away, [Bm] running [C#m] aground
Now [G] we're way [D] out, [A] can't blow the man [G] down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man [G] down
[D] Hey [A] out, can't [D] hold the man, [G] hold the man down [A] Boys, hold [D] this man down _ _ _ _ _
I landed on a desert isle and stowed aboard a sail
Made a lift as a cabin boy until we hit the wail
[A] Way out, can't blow the man down [D] Way [A] out, can't blow the man down
Hey out, can't hold the man, hold the man down Boys, [G] hold this man [D] down
Hey, yo, [A] can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm way [D] up, [A] can't blow [D] the man down,
[G] hey, [D] yo, [A] can't hold the [D] man, hold the [G] man [A] down.
boyz, [G] hold this man.
[D] Hey, [A] yo, can't [D] call the man, [G] I'm down, I'm [D] way [A] up, can't blow the man [G] down,
[D] hey, yo, [A] can't call [D] the man, hold [G] the man down.
[A] Boyz, hold this [D] man down. _
_ _ _ Hold this man down. _ _
_ _ Hold this man down. _ _
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