Chords for Dear Old Stan

[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ From the streets of [Em] old Victoria to [G] fair old [D] Mabu Town
From Portage to [G] Spadina listen [Em] closely for [G] the sound
[D] A voice still echoes [G] softly [Am] across the rivers [Em] and the plains
[C] So don't you dare [G] stop listening and don't [D] forget his [G]
name
_ [D] _ Arise [G] and be merry and [Am] sing out while [Em] you can
[C] The world will never [G] see the likes of [D]
dear [G] old Stan
The Yanks have Woody [C] Guthrie, [G] the British Ralph [D] _
McTel
The Celts have got [G] the Corrie's I [C] and Ronnie Drew as [G] well
[D] Ad Cutler sings [G] a cider _ [Am] out in the West [Em] Country
_ [C] But I am a [G] Canadian and so I [D] [G] say to [D] thee
_ Arise and [G] be merry [Am] and sing out [Em] while you can
The [C]
world will never [G] see the likes of [D] dear old [G] Stan
When I was just [C] a nipper bouncing [G] on my [D] mummy's knee
Twas Harris [G] and the Mermy boys she [C] sweetly sang [G] to me
_ [D] And as I closed my [Gm] eyes beneath [Am] the northern moon [Em] so pale
[C] I dreamed I was [G] the captain standing on [D] the _ [G] nightingale
_ [D] _ Arise and be [G] merry and [Am] sing out [Em] while you can
The [C] world will never [G] see the likes of [D] dear [G] old Stan
At the [C] Wolfenhound Vancouver _ [G] just for a pint [D] or two
These blokes were [G] singing old Maui [C] from the whale's point of [G] [D] view
I thought of old [G] Stan Rogers [Am] and walked straight out [Em] the bar
[C] And started up [G] the _ dreadnoughts and here [D] we bloody [G] _ are
[D] _ Arise and [G] be merry [A] and sing out while you [Em] can
The [C] world will never [G] see the likes of [D] dear old [G] Stan
_ [D] _ Arise and [G] be merry and [Am] sing out while [Em] you can
[C] The world will [G] never see the likes of [D] dear [G] old Stan _ _ _
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