Chords for John Doyle - The Arabic !

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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ In stony grey [Bbm] soil, through hardship and toil,
[Eb] Ross [Ab] Cummins, [Bbm] rough lands, they own me.
[Eb] _ Digging potatoes and [Bbm] ploughing the [Eb] earth,
As my family did [Bbm] long before me.
[B] But I swore I would [Abm] for all plant [Gb] my own seed,
[Ebm] Rise from my [Bbm] knees and stand proudly.
[Gb] America, I [Ab] swore, or some [Bbm] foreign shore,
[B] Would grant me [Db] the life I dreamt of surely.
[Ebm] _ _ _ So I [Eb] saved up the money my passenger paid,
And [Abm] braved the road [Bbm] early one morning.
[Eb] I bid adieu to my [Ab] family [Ebm] among [Bbm] grief and [Ebm] tears,
As I feared that there [Bbm] was no [Ebm] returning.
On the White Star Line I'd soon [Gb] sail away,
Although [Ebm] the Great [Ab] War [Bbm] was still a-raging.
[B] But we [Db] marched a long way to [Bbm] Queenstown, made our way,
[Eb] And the Arabic, [Bbm] it loomed [Abm] far above [Ebm] me.
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[Bbm] Who knows what fate [B] brings, what life [Db] is in [Ebm] store?
We peered [Abm] through a [Bb] looking-glass [Bbm] dimly.
[Eb] As I stepped on board, [Bbm] steerage went [Ebm] o'er,
While below decks a [Bbm] dread chill spread over [B] me.
At last we went [Abm] anchor and [Gb] ploughed o'er the main,
The [B] last things of [Bbm] land, they mean slowly.
_ [B] We [Db] zigzagged our [Ab] course for [Bbm] fear of the worst,
But the worst [Ebm] plied its course far below _ [Eb] me. _ _ _
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_ _ U-24, [Abm] the scourge [Db] of the [Eb] sea,
Spied [Ab] us and soon they [Bbm] made ready.
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[Ebm] Torpedoes were loosed, a ship was reduced
To a watery [Bbm] grave, sinking steadily.
[B] The lifeboats were [Ab] cast, the men embarked [Ebm] last,
But there [Ab] was too few for [Bbm] so many.
[B] Well, I [Db] jumped in the sea [Ab] as a blast [Bbm] wounded me,
[B] And the [Db] blood [Eb] ran thick and free. _ _ _
[Abm] While in fear and [B] confusion, [Bbm] thrashing [Ebm] around,
Dreading [Ab] the abyss fast [Bbm] approaching,
_ [Eb] While spying a life raft, I clung by its side,
But they beat me with oars [Bbm] for [Eb] encroaching.
[B] _ Millennial [Abm] bores took pity [Gb] on me,
As I took [Abm] my last breath [Bbm] and was sinking,
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[Db] Grabbing my [Ab] arm to keep [Bbm] me from harm,
[B] But she [Db] held me and [Ebm] saved me from drowning.
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[Eb] Well, we got back on shore, safe and secure,
And [Ab] they led us all to the [Bbm] infirmary.
[Ebm] Three months I spent there wondering why I [Bbm] was spared,
[Ebm] Among all, why was I [Bbm] given mercy?
[B] Some live and some [Abm] die, there's no [Db] reasons why,
Those [Eb] spinners weave their [Bbm] webs in mystery.
[B] But I'm back [Db] on my [Abm] land, they [Bbm] cleanse a hand,
And the roots of rust come and [Abm] weave around [Eb] me. _
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ Thanks very much. _