Chords for Gawr Gura sings Wellerman (Sea Shanty)
Tempo:
165.1 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Dm
F
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
Oh, there once was a ship that was put to sea, and [Dm] the name of the ship [Am] was the Billy O'Dee.
The winds blew hard, the boat nipped down, [Dm] oh blow, [E] my bully [Am] boys, blow.
[F] Ha!
[C] Soon may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
Get it?
Oh, she had not been two weeks from shore [Dm] when down on [Am] her right rail board, the captain
called all hands and swore [Dm] we'd take [E] that [Am] whale home to go.
[F]
Soon may the [C] weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
Before that boat had hit the [Dm] water, the whale's [Am] tail came up and caught her, all hands to
the side, harpooned and foddered [Dm] when she dived [E] down [Am] below.
[F] Ha!
Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and rum.
[F] One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
No line was cut, no whale was [Dm] freed, the captain's [Am] mind was not of greed, but he belonged to
the whaleman's [Dm] creed, she took that ship [Am] and towed.
Ha!
[F] [C] Soon may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One day [C] when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [Am] our leave and go.
For forty days or even more, [Dm] the line was [Am] slapped in tight once more, all boats were
lost, there were only [Dm] four, but still [Am] that whale did go.
[F] Soon [C] may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still [Dm] on, the whale's, the line's not cut, [Am] and the whale's
not gone, the weatherman makes his regular, called Poo, [Bm] encourages [Am] Captain Crew and all.
[F] Ha!
Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One day [C] when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
And [F] [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea [F] and rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll [G] thank our leave [Am] and go.
Oh, [Dm] I say we'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go.
One more!
[Dm] We'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go.
Oh, there once was a ship that was put to sea, and [Dm] the name of the ship [Am] was the Billy O'Dee.
The winds blew hard, the boat nipped down, [Dm] oh blow, [E] my bully [Am] boys, blow.
[F] Ha!
[C] Soon may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
Get it?
Oh, she had not been two weeks from shore [Dm] when down on [Am] her right rail board, the captain
called all hands and swore [Dm] we'd take [E] that [Am] whale home to go.
[F]
Soon may the [C] weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
Before that boat had hit the [Dm] water, the whale's [Am] tail came up and caught her, all hands to
the side, harpooned and foddered [Dm] when she dived [E] down [Am] below.
[F] Ha!
Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and rum.
[F] One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
No line was cut, no whale was [Dm] freed, the captain's [Am] mind was not of greed, but he belonged to
the whaleman's [Dm] creed, she took that ship [Am] and towed.
Ha!
[F] [C] Soon may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One day [C] when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [Am] our leave and go.
For forty days or even more, [Dm] the line was [Am] slapped in tight once more, all boats were
lost, there were only [Dm] four, but still [Am] that whale did go.
[F] Soon [C] may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still [Dm] on, the whale's, the line's not cut, [Am] and the whale's
not gone, the weatherman makes his regular, called Poo, [Bm] encourages [Am] Captain Crew and all.
[F] Ha!
Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One day [C] when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
And [F] [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea [F] and rum.
One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll [G] thank our leave [Am] and go.
Oh, [Dm] I say we'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go.
One more!
[Dm] We'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go.
Key:
Am
Dm
F
C
E
Am
Dm
F
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, there once was a ship that was put to sea, and [Dm] the name of the ship [Am] was the Billy _ O'Dee.
The winds blew hard, the boat nipped down, [Dm] oh blow, [E] my bully [Am] boys, blow.
_ [F] Ha! _
[C] Soon may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
_ _ _ Get it?
_ _ _ Oh, she had not been two weeks from shore [Dm] when down on [Am] her right rail board, the captain
called all hands and swore [Dm] we'd take [E] that [Am] whale home to go.
_ [F] _ _ _
Soon may the [C] weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go. _
Before that boat had hit the [Dm] water, the whale's [Am] tail came up and caught her, all hands to
the side, harpooned and foddered [Dm] when she dived [E] down [Am] below. _ _
_ [F] Ha!
Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and rum.
[F] _ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
_ _ _ _ _ No line was cut, no whale was [Dm] freed, the captain's [Am] mind was not of greed, but he belonged to
the whaleman's [Dm] creed, she took that ship [Am] and towed.
Ha! _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Soon may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One day [C] when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [Am] our leave and go. _
For forty days or even more, [Dm] the line was [Am] slapped in tight once more, all boats were
lost, there were only [Dm] four, but still [Am] that whale did go. _
_ [F] _ _ Soon [C] may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go. _
As far as I've heard, the fight's still [Dm] on, the whale's, _ the line's not cut, [Am] and the whale's
not gone, the weatherman makes his regular, called Poo, [Bm] encourages [Am] Captain Crew and _ all. _
[F] Ha!
_ _ Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One day [C] when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
And [F] _ _ _ [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea [F] and rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll [G] thank our leave [Am] and go.
Oh, [Dm] I say we'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go.
One more!
[Dm] We'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go. _
_ _ _ Oh, there once was a ship that was put to sea, and [Dm] the name of the ship [Am] was the Billy _ O'Dee.
The winds blew hard, the boat nipped down, [Dm] oh blow, [E] my bully [Am] boys, blow.
_ [F] Ha! _
[C] Soon may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
_ _ _ Get it?
_ _ _ Oh, she had not been two weeks from shore [Dm] when down on [Am] her right rail board, the captain
called all hands and swore [Dm] we'd take [E] that [Am] whale home to go.
_ [F] _ _ _
Soon may the [C] weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go. _
Before that boat had hit the [Dm] water, the whale's [Am] tail came up and caught her, all hands to
the side, harpooned and foddered [Dm] when she dived [E] down [Am] below. _ _
_ [F] Ha!
Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and rum.
[F] _ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [E] our leave [Am] and go.
_ _ _ _ _ No line was cut, no whale was [Dm] freed, the captain's [Am] mind was not of greed, but he belonged to
the whaleman's [Dm] creed, she took that ship [Am] and towed.
Ha! _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Soon may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
One day [C] when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll thank [Am] our leave and go. _
For forty days or even more, [Dm] the line was [Am] slapped in tight once more, all boats were
lost, there were only [Dm] four, but still [Am] that whale did go. _
_ [F] _ _ Soon [C] may the weatherman come [Dm] to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go. _
As far as I've heard, the fight's still [Dm] on, the whale's, _ the line's not cut, [Am] and the whale's
not gone, the weatherman makes his regular, called Poo, [Bm] encourages [Am] Captain Crew and _ all. _
[F] Ha!
_ _ Soon [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea and [F] rum.
_ One day [C] when the tonguing [Dm] is done, we'll thank [E] our [Am] leave and go.
And [F] _ _ _ [C] may the weatherman [Dm] come to bring us [Am] sugar and tea [F] and rum.
_ One [C] day when the tonguing is [Dm] done, we'll [G] thank our leave [Am] and go.
Oh, [Dm] I say we'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go.
One more!
[Dm] We'll [E] thank our leave [Am] and go. _