Chords for Irish Rovers, The Girls of Derry - Behind the Scenes

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There's some who say [F#m] a sailor's life is full of small [E]-town leisure.
[A] It's a grand old [Em] time upon the raging [E] main. _
[A] But boys, the work is tough [D] and there's little [E] time for pleasure [A] when you're fighting rubble and seas [D] and hurricanes.
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So heave [D] away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul [A] away.
The anchor's [F#m] weighed, the course is set, and now we're [E] homeward [D] bound.
Heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, haul away.
Tonight [Em] we'll be [D] a-dancing [E] with the girls [A] of Derrytown.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] What's the look of it?
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Stuff [G] they've been doing for years, but then you get [D] in a situation like this that's a [Em] little bit out of the ordinary.
[D] It takes a little while to get everything just so.
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_ _ _ _ [C] That's good.
[D] I like that.
[G] Now you can sit down.
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[Dm] Yell back haul [A] away.
And then we're going to say heave away, [G] and you can [A] say heave away.
Heave away.
[G] You don't really want to do this, do you?
I certainly [A] don't want to do this.
You go like this. _
[D] So heave away, heave [Em] away, haul away, haul away.
[A] The anchor's [C#] weighed, the course is [B] set, and [E] now we're homeward bound.
[F#m] Heave away, heave away, haul [Dm] away, haul away.
[A] Tonight [D] we'll be a-dancing [G] with the girls [A] of Derrytown. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ some who [F#m] say that your sacred [D] life has been all [A] salt and butter.
But every run for [B] time will wander [E] into thin _ [A] air.
But just work your spot or turn [D] down for a little [E] time or a year, [A] or you're going to go to sea in [D] your own heels.
[A] So [D] heave away, heave away, haul [A] away, [E] haul away.
[A] The [F#m] anchor's weighed, the course is [B] set, and now we're [E] homeward bound.
[D] Heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] Tonight we'll [F#m] be a-dancing [E] with the girls [A] of Derrytown.
Out in [F#m] the blue, I will see the [E] blue.
_ [A] Look, I [B] will bring my [E] lady back.
_ _ [A] A ship has sunk ashore, a wench is [E] upon her shore.
[A] The god of [E] westerners will [D] help her find.
[A] So [D] heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] The anchor's [F#m] weighed, the course is [B] set, and now we're [E] homeward bound.
[D] Heave away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] Tonight we'll [D] be a-dancing [E] with the [A] girls of Derrytown.
_ There's a ship that's sailed to [Bm] America, with the [E] seal of the desert stricken.
[A] A half [B]-axe from New York to [E] Baltimore.
_ _ [A] And every part of the call [D] surely stories to [E] the regalia.
[A] From the [E] shore, we'll lace the [D] map with lore.
[A] So [D] heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] The anchor's [F#m] weighed, the course is [B] set, and now we're [E] homeward bound.
[D] Heave away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] Tonight we'll [D] be a [E]-dancing with the girls of [A] Derrytown. _ _
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[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] So [D] heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] The [F#m] anchor's weighed, the course [Bm] is set, [E] and now we're homeward bound.
[D] Heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] Tonight we'll be a-dancing with the girls of Derrytown. _ _
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So heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[F#m] The anchor's weighed, the course [Bm] is set, and now we're [E] homeward bound.
[D] Heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] Tonight we'll be a-dancing [E] with the girls of Derrytown.
[A] So [D] heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[F#m] The anchor's weighed, the course [B] is set, [E] and now we're homeward bound.
[D] Heave away, heave away, [A] haul away, [E] haul away.
[A] Tonight we'll [D] be a-dancing [E] with the girls [A] of Derrytown.
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