Excursion Around The Bay Chords by Great Big Sea
Tempo:
132.15 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
F#
C
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
Well, it was on last Monday [F#] morning and the day been calm [C] and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion with the boys to have [F#m] a time
And just before the sailor sent a gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me away from board of the volunteer
[F#] Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife [N] cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm [F#] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay
[C] We had a full three [B] hundred souls on board, oh what a splendid sight
That's strong [N] and regimental to make our spirits bright
And me self being in the double, one of the funny things they'd say
They'd choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[E] Oh me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [Bm] I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#m] I'd never taken this [N] excursion around the bay
My wife, she got no better, she turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy, fed pork and kerosene
Castor oil and sugar of candy, her up here oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy when me reaches Harbour [F#] Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me [F#m] old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [D] I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around [G] the bay
My wife, she got [N] no better, my wise me darling dear
The screech as from her trolley, a good hearing carboneer
[G#] I tried every place in Harbour Grace, tried [N] every store and shop
To get her something for a cure, take her to the hop
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[C] Oh me, oh my, [F#m] I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, [D] oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [E] I'd never taken [G#m] this excursion around the bay
She died below the brandies as we were coming back
We buried her in [A] the [F] ocean, wrapped up in a union jack
So now I am a single man in [N] search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me, I'm off for Harbour Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [E] me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh [G] my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#] I'd never taken this excursion around the bay
Well, it was on last Monday [F#] morning and the day been calm [C] and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion with the boys to have [F#m] a time
And just before the sailor sent a gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me away from board of the volunteer
[F#] Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife [N] cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm [F#] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay
[C] We had a full three [B] hundred souls on board, oh what a splendid sight
That's strong [N] and regimental to make our spirits bright
And me self being in the double, one of the funny things they'd say
They'd choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[E] Oh me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [Bm] I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#m] I'd never taken this [N] excursion around the bay
My wife, she got no better, she turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy, fed pork and kerosene
Castor oil and sugar of candy, her up here oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy when me reaches Harbour [F#] Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me [F#m] old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [D] I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around [G] the bay
My wife, she got [N] no better, my wise me darling dear
The screech as from her trolley, a good hearing carboneer
[G#] I tried every place in Harbour Grace, tried [N] every store and shop
To get her something for a cure, take her to the hop
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[C] Oh me, oh my, [F#m] I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, [D] oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [E] I'd never taken [G#m] this excursion around the bay
She died below the brandies as we were coming back
We buried her in [A] the [F] ocean, wrapped up in a union jack
So now I am a single man in [N] search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me, I'm off for Harbour Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [E] me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh [G] my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#] I'd never taken this excursion around the bay
Key:
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, it was on last Monday [F#] morning and the day been calm [C] and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion with the boys to have [F#m] a time
And just before the sailor sent a gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me away from board of the volunteer
[F#] Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife [N] cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm [F#] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay
_ _ _ _ [C] We had a full three [B] hundred souls on board, oh what a splendid sight
That's strong [N] and regimental to make our spirits bright
And me self being in the double, one of the funny things they'd say
They'd choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[E] Oh me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [Bm] I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#m] I'd never taken this [N] excursion around the bay
My wife, she got no better, she turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy, fed pork and kerosene
Castor oil and sugar of candy, her up here oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy when me reaches Harbour [F#] Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me [F#m] old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [D] I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around [G] the bay
My wife, she got [N] no better, my wise me darling dear
The screech as from her trolley, a good hearing carboneer
[G#] I tried every place in Harbour Grace, tried [N] every store and shop
To get her something for a cure, take her to the hop
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[C] Oh me, oh my, [F#m] I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, [D] oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [E] I'd never taken [G#m] this excursion around the bay
_ _ _ _ _ She died below the brandies as we were coming back
We buried her in [A] the [F] ocean, wrapped up in a union jack
So now I am a single man in [N] search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me, I'm off for Harbour Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [E] me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh [G] my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#] I'd never taken this excursion around the bay _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, it was on last Monday [F#] morning and the day been calm [C] and fine
To the Harbour Grace excursion with the boys to have [F#m] a time
And just before the sailor sent a gangway from the pier
I saw some fella haul me away from board of the volunteer
[F#] Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife [N] cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm [F#] gonna die
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay
_ _ _ _ [C] We had a full three [B] hundred souls on board, oh what a splendid sight
That's strong [N] and regimental to make our spirits bright
And me self being in the double, one of the funny things they'd say
They'd choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[E] Oh me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [Bm] I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#m] I'd never taken this [N] excursion around the bay
My wife, she got no better, she turned a sickly green
I fed her cake and candy, fed pork and kerosene
Castor oil and sugar of candy, her up here oil on her face
And I said she'll be a dandy when me reaches Harbour [F#] Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me [F#m] old wife cry
Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh my, [D] I heard me old wife say
I wish I'd never taken this excursion around [G] the bay
My wife, she got [N] no better, my wise me darling dear
The screech as from her trolley, a good hearing carboneer
[G#] I tried every place in Harbour Grace, tried [N] every store and shop
To get her something for a cure, take her to the hop
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
[C] Oh me, oh my, [F#m] I think I'm gonna die
Oh me, [D] oh my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [E] I'd never taken [G#m] this excursion around the bay
_ _ _ _ _ She died below the brandies as we were coming back
We buried her in [A] the [F] ocean, wrapped up in a union jack
So now I am a single man in [N] search of a pretty face
And the woman that says she'll have me, I'm off for Harbour Grace
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry
Oh [E] me, oh my, I [F#m] think I'm gonna die
Oh me, oh [G] my, I heard me old wife say
I wish [F#] I'd never taken this excursion around the bay _ _ _ _ _
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