Chords for Helen Cornelius - Bell Bottom Trousers
Tempo:
103.15 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Eb
Bb
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The USS Alabama and the USS Drum are moored near Mobile, Alabama, in an area known as Battleship Park.
They remind our [Eb] present generation of a time very important to American history.
[E] The song I'm about [F] to do was written late in World War II.
Hopefully, its lighthearted nature brought smiles to the wives and loved ones waiting for their men to return home.
Once there was a little boy who [C] lived next to me, dressed up like a sailor in [F] his three's.
Now he's a [C]
great big sailor, but a little funky, too.
He's a little boy with trousers covered in navy blue.
I love my sailor [F] and he loves me, too.
[Eb] When my sight [Bb] on the ocean blue told you boys all flirt with [Eb] me,
Though they smile and tip their caps, [Bb]
I just smile and shake my head.
[Eb] Then I saw this old bale of autumn troughs, [Bb] covered in navy [F] blue.
[Bb] My sailor [Eb]
[E] [F] [F] went more sailor than he [C] did.
He ate all I finished, now [F] he's big as he can be.
[C] Long we doth give a fish, I don't let go of his [F] hand even to salute.
If my sailor I can't find, [C] I'm just hopeful he will soon [F] come home safe again, so we can get married.
[C] Dressed with all our kiddies [F] and sailor's dungarees,
Old trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
Bale bottom trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
[C] [F] [N]
They remind our [Eb] present generation of a time very important to American history.
[E] The song I'm about [F] to do was written late in World War II.
Hopefully, its lighthearted nature brought smiles to the wives and loved ones waiting for their men to return home.
Once there was a little boy who [C] lived next to me, dressed up like a sailor in [F] his three's.
Now he's a [C]
great big sailor, but a little funky, too.
He's a little boy with trousers covered in navy blue.
I love my sailor [F] and he loves me, too.
[Eb] When my sight [Bb] on the ocean blue told you boys all flirt with [Eb] me,
Though they smile and tip their caps, [Bb]
I just smile and shake my head.
[Eb] Then I saw this old bale of autumn troughs, [Bb] covered in navy [F] blue.
[Bb] My sailor [Eb]
[E] [F] [F] went more sailor than he [C] did.
He ate all I finished, now [F] he's big as he can be.
[C] Long we doth give a fish, I don't let go of his [F] hand even to salute.
If my sailor I can't find, [C] I'm just hopeful he will soon [F] come home safe again, so we can get married.
[C] Dressed with all our kiddies [F] and sailor's dungarees,
Old trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
Bale bottom trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
[C] [F] [N]
Key:
F
C
Eb
Bb
E
F
C
Eb
The USS Alabama and the USS Drum are moored near Mobile, Alabama, in an area known as Battleship Park.
They remind our [Eb] present generation of a time very important to American history.
[E] The song I'm about [F] to do was written late in World War II.
Hopefully, its lighthearted nature brought smiles to the wives and loved ones waiting for their men to return home.
_ _ _ _ _ Once there was a little boy who [C] lived next to me, dressed up like a sailor in [F] his three's.
Now he's a _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
great big sailor, but a little funky, too.
He's a little boy with trousers covered in navy blue.
I love my sailor [F] and he loves me, too.
[Eb] _ When my sight [Bb] on the ocean blue told you boys all flirt with [Eb] me, _
_ Though they smile and tip their caps, [Bb] _
_ I just smile and shake my head.
[Eb] Then I saw this old bale of autumn troughs, [Bb] covered in navy [F] blue.
[Bb] _ My sailor [Eb] _
_ [E] _ _ [F] _ [F] went more sailor than he [C] did.
_ _ He ate all I finished, now [F] he's big as he can be. _ _ _
[C] Long we doth give a fish, I don't let go of his [F] hand even to salute.
If my sailor I can't find, [C] _ _ _ I'm just hopeful he will soon [F] come home safe again, so we can get married.
[C] _ _ _ Dressed with all our kiddies [F] and sailor's dungarees,
_ _ Old trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
Bale bottom trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They remind our [Eb] present generation of a time very important to American history.
[E] The song I'm about [F] to do was written late in World War II.
Hopefully, its lighthearted nature brought smiles to the wives and loved ones waiting for their men to return home.
_ _ _ _ _ Once there was a little boy who [C] lived next to me, dressed up like a sailor in [F] his three's.
Now he's a _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
great big sailor, but a little funky, too.
He's a little boy with trousers covered in navy blue.
I love my sailor [F] and he loves me, too.
[Eb] _ When my sight [Bb] on the ocean blue told you boys all flirt with [Eb] me, _
_ Though they smile and tip their caps, [Bb] _
_ I just smile and shake my head.
[Eb] Then I saw this old bale of autumn troughs, [Bb] covered in navy [F] blue.
[Bb] _ My sailor [Eb] _
_ [E] _ _ [F] _ [F] went more sailor than he [C] did.
_ _ He ate all I finished, now [F] he's big as he can be. _ _ _
[C] Long we doth give a fish, I don't let go of his [F] hand even to salute.
If my sailor I can't find, [C] _ _ _ I'm just hopeful he will soon [F] come home safe again, so we can get married.
[C] _ _ _ Dressed with all our kiddies [F] and sailor's dungarees,
_ _ Old trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
Bale bottom trousers, [C] coat of navy blue.
I love my [F] sailor and he loves me, too.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _