McCalmans Smuggler Chords

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_ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ The boat rides [C] south, the whales [F] are grey, [Bb] In the wane [F] and [C] all the light.
[Bb] The [C] Sparty [F] men in land [Dm] of [Bb] fit, They mark [F] our [C] burden bright.
And [F] the Sparty [C] horse, he'll hay [F] to hoe, [Bb] With the [F] halters on [C] their hay.
[Bb] Well, can [C] this night [F] upon [Dm] your life, [Bb] In [G] wind and [F] water speak?
_ _ [Dm] _ Smugglers drink [Am] of the Frenchman's wine, [Dm] And the darkest night [F] is the [C] smugglers time.
[Bb] Away we run [Am] from the [Dm] excise man, [F] It's the smugglers life [Bb] for me.
_ [F] It's the [C] smugglers [F] life for _ me.
Oh, lassie, [C] pay a [F] cosy bet, [Bb] And cut [F] to [C] leave a tat.
[Bb] Can ye [C] no live [F] a [Dm] lawful life, [Bb] And [F] live with [C] lawful men?
What [F] _
cost I use [C] or [F] hably goose, [Bb] While the [F] spawning gears [C] it play?
_ [Bb] Must I [C] drink [F] at the [Dm] water's side, [Bb] And drive the ship full [F] of why?
_ _ [Dm] _
Smugglers drink [Am] of the _ Frenchman's wine, [Dm] And the darkest night [F] is the [C] smugglers time.
[Bb] Away we [Am] run from the [Dm] excise man, [F] It's the smugglers life [Bb] for me.
[F] It's the [Am] smugglers [F] life for me. _
Oh, will I like [C] to [F] see thee, With [Bb] a [F] bandy on [C] thy knee?
[F]
[Bb] But my [C] heart is now [F] with a [Dm] gallant crew, [Bb] That pow'r [F] through the [C] angry sea.
[F] The bitter [C] gale, the [F] tightest sail, [Bb] And the _ [F] sheltered bay [C] are full. _
[Bb] It's the [C] wayward life, [F] it's the [Dm] smugglers strife, [Bb] It's the joy of the [F] smugglers _ _ [Dm] gore.
Smugglers drink [Am] of the Frenchman's wine, [Dm] And the darkest night [F] is the [C] smugglers [Bb] time.
Away we run [Am] from the [Dm] excise man, _ [F] It's the smugglers [Bb] life for _ me.
[F] It's the [C] smugglers life [F] for me.
And when the [C] plough's _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] safely stowed, _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] God's [F] mercy to [C] our core.
[F] And the champagne pint, [C] the communion [F] wine, [Bb] And the [F] portion drinks [C] it too.
[F] When [Bb] a sly [C] wink prays, [F] forget [Dm] these men, [Bb] For they know not what [F] they do.
_ _ [Dm] _ Smugglers drink [Am] of the Frenchman's wine, [Dm] And the darkest night [F] is the [C] smugglers time.
[Bb] Away we run [Am] from the [Dm] excise man, [F] It's the smugglers life [Bb] for me.
_ [F] It's the [C] smugglers life [Dm] for me.
_ [F] It's the smugglers life [Bb] for _ me.
[F] It's the [C] smugglers [F] life for me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _
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Oh [A] we'll make [D] the [G] portiros [D] and better [A] Maisie Street.
_ [D] Oh we'll [A]
[D] make the _ [G] portiros [D] that [A] wins our [D] penny street.
The _ portiros, the _ [G] portiros, the _ portiros [Am] for [A] me.
[D] And my [G] good luck [D] attend the board, [A] the marlin [D] and the green.
_ I [A] cast my line [D] in Largo [G] Bay and [D] fishes, I caught [A] _ nine.
[D] There's three deep [A] [D] oil and three [G] deep rye, [D] And [A] three deep [D] in the line.
The portiros, the _ [G] portiros, the _ portiros [A] for me.
_ [D] And my good [G] luck [D] attend the board, [A] the marlin [D] and the green.
_ Oh [A] we'll make [D] the _ [G] portiros that [D] fills a heavy [A] _
creel.
[D] That feeds [A] some clays, [D] a [G] bear needs [D] some and buys a [A] [D] Scottish meal. _
The [Gm] portiros, the _ portiros, the portiros for me.
[Gbm] _ And my [E] good luck attend the board, the marlin [D] and the _ creel.
Up in the coals of Dyson and the lands of MacCabe [G] and the Kimber of [D] Largo [Gbm] and the Lasses of [G] Levin.
I go [D] through, go through for we, hey, muckle ado.
I go through, go through for we, hey, muckle ado.
_ _ _ _ We, hey, tales to tell and we, hey, songs to sing and [Dbm] we, hey, pennies to spend [G] and we, hey, pines to bring.
I go through, go through for we, hey, muckle ado.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ We'll _ abode [Dm] Dyson and the [G] cones behind, let [Am] them do the [D] like and spend the gear they [G] will.
I go [D] through, go through for we, hey, muckle ado.
[A] I go through, go [D] through for we, hey, muckle ado. _ _ _ _
Up in the coals of Dyson and the lands of MacCabe and the Kimber of Largo and the Lasses of Levin.
I go through, go through for we, hey, muckle [G] ado.
I go through, go through [D] for we, hey, muckle ado. _ _ _