Eight Bells Chords by The Jolly Rogers

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[Bm] This will be your [G] homie, boy, so I trust you'll treat [A] her right
[Bm] Was how the captain's speech [G] began each voyage's first night
He smiled, said, it's tradition, but [A] I ask that you rebrain
[Bm] From Carby, your [A] name in the beam [G] next to her lofty mane
[Em] The first night I was there, [F#] her mains held me in [Em] the air
And let me carve my name with theirs [C#] to show that I was [G] there
From boy to man we grew up [A] as across the waves we [Bm] roamed
As she burned [A] we sobbed like sons [G] who'd lost their childhood home
[D] Eight bells rang out in Dover, [A] eight bells rang out in Wales
[Bm] Eight bells rang out in Liverpool [G] and down to Murphy's Scales
[D] Eight bells rang out in Port Royal, [A] eight bells rang out in Boston Town
[Bm] Eight bells rang out in Nassau [G] the night the [A] merry widow [F#m] went down
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[Bm] As a mere midshipman's maid [G] I'd stare up [A] at that beam
[Bm] And knew that every [G] name I saw once shared would be [B] a dream
[G] Some of them so faded [A] just a memory and a scratch
[Bm] But they grew [A] much clearer [G] with every new batch
[Em] She made sure we made it [C#] back to the lands we'd [Em] known
And with the tide we'd all return to the [C#] vessel we called home
[G] There were parts we could have salvaged [A] but I think we all agreed
[Bm] That she [A] deserved the honour [G] of a burial at sea
[D] Eight bells rang out in Dover, [A] eight bells rang out in Wales
[Bm] Eight bells rang out in Liverpool [G] and down to Murphy's Scales
[D] Eight bells rang out in Port Royal, [A] eight bells rang out in [Bm] Boston Town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau [G] the night the [A] merry widow [Bm] went down
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[Bm] By the time I was the bosun [G] the list was [A] three yards long
[Bm] Though she had seen so many [G] years she still stood [A] tall and strong
[G] From her name she took her [A] spirit, bold and strong and true
And [Bm] she raced no [A] end and never [G] failed her brave and loyal crew
[Em] The ship she never pounded [F#] and her defences never breached
[Em] No matter her port of [F#] call her goal was always reached
[G] When we were told her day had [A] come and she had sailed her last
[Bm] That they would tear her down for [G] scrap we couldn't let that [D] pass
Eight bells rang out in Dover, [A] eight bells rang out in Wales
[Bm] Eight bells rang out in Liverpool [G] and down to Murphy's Scales
[D] Eight bells rang out in Port Royal, [A] eight bells rang out in Boston [Bm] Town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau [G] the night the [A] merry widow [F#m] went down
[G] Through _ [A] _ _
[Bm] our grief we swore an [G] oath that we'd carry [A] out our plan
[Bm] And damned the risk we would push [G] on to the strength of [B] our last man
[G] And as we stared at all the [A] names of those that came before
[Bm] We cut the [B] line and stole that [G] ship and sailed her out once more
[Em] Beyond the reef we sailed her and said our [F#] love alike
We jumped ship and watched her [F#] burn from the shore that night
[G] As she sank beneath the [A] waves we knew one thing for sure
[Bm] She made more of [A] a mark on us than [G] we ever did on [D] her
Eight bells rang out in Dover, [A] eight bells rang out in Wales
[Bm] Eight bells rang out in [G] Liverpool and down to Murphy's [D] Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port [A] Royal, eight bells rang out in Boston [Bm] Town
Eight bells rang out in [G] Nassau the night the merry widow [D] went down
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[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ night [A] the merry widow [Bm] went down
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[Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ The night [A] the merry [Bm] widow went down
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