Chords for Pint & Dale - Harbo & Samuelson

Yeah, you know, it's kind of like this.
But that's [Cm] another [G] story.
Not this story.
This story is about a couple of Norwegians
who, back in the late 1800s,
decided they would become rich and famous
_ by their skill at rowing.
They would put themselves,
put their abilities to good use. _ _ _ _ _ _
When we're indoors, I ask people to stop breathing
because [C] it's upsetting the Gertie Gertie,
but I can't do that.
[G] You can try.
_ _ _ So this has a chorus.
We'll see you in France, or we'll see you in heaven.
Riding Harbo and Samuelson [N] out on the bay
to party young oyster men
after adventure that no one believed they could row.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In [F] Brooklyn, New York,
at the [C] turn of the century,
lived two young Norwegians so [G] brave and so bold.
Frank [F] Samuelson, only halfway [C] through his twenties,
George Harbo had just become thirty years old.
[G] The Harbo had spent all his life [C] on the water,
he shipped in square triggers,
weaned only [G] as bad.
His partner, likewise, [C] was no stranger to working,
no matter the task he gave, all that he had.
That year, a rich publisher
offered a challenge that men in a vessel,
no matter [G] the size,
couldn't cross [F] the Atlantic without [C] steam or canvas.
Ten thousand dollars he aimed as the prize.
Now dredging up oysters by hand is no picnic,
and these two Norwegians were top as a vip,
says Frank, if we row only four miles an hour,
in fifty-four days we could finish the trip.
[G] We'll see you in France,
we'll see [C] you in heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men,
after adventure,
and no one believed they could row all the way.
_ _ Obtaining a sponsor, they started their training,
they ordered a quarry [G] of cedar and oak.
[C] Just eighteen feet long,
and a draft of eight inches,
the [G] box was the name of their [C] travel shelter. _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ On the sixth day of June, eighteen ninety and six,
Messrs.
Harbo and Samuelson started to row.
They took food and water,
the last until August,
and the newspapers said they were stupid to go.
We'll see you in France,
we'll see you in heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men, after adventure,
and no one believed they could row all the way.
_ From the slips [F] of Manhattan,
they rowed [C] through the narrows,
out onto the Gulf Stream and [G] over the deep.
[C] Each day [F] they would row eighteen [C] hours together,
at night they took [G] turns getting [C] three hours sleep.
Their [A] stove would not alight,
so [C] they'd cold provisions their arms,
and their legs became [G] small and at rand.
The augustic castle that cooked them [C] on board,
was their only relief from the cold and the damp.
Then out on the Grand Banks,
the weather attacked them,
the wind pumped the water into mountainous waves.
They lashed down their oars,
and tied on their lifelines,
prayed they were not going straight to their grave.
We'll see you in France,
or see you in Heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men,
after adventure,
and no one believed they could row all the way. _ _
[Cm] And out of the dark,
came [C] a monstrous wave,
capsizing the mocks and their terrified crew.
Their lifelines held fast,
but they lost half their water,
and I would have lost all of my water.
They carefully brushed up the little remaining,
gray and fine,
and served [G] water the bride.
[C] Then out in the distance,
they spotted a tall ship,
with the colours of gold and silver,
and the boat behind.
Now that captain could not be convinced,
they weren't crazy,
but he gave them supplies,
and they went on their way.
By the London chart,
they were half way to Europe,
but now they must row 60 miles every day.
We'll see you in France,
or see you in Heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men,
after adventure,
and no one believed they could row all the way.
_ Well the weather held fair,
and the two men kept pulling,
all through a long day,
and far [G] into each night.
[C] When [F] early one morning,
[C] just as the sun rose,
far out on the horizon,
they spotted a light.
On August the [A] first,
they left [C] Vanassay Marys on the south coast of England,
just by Bishop's Rock.
In amazement,
the townsfolk gathered down by the water,
where Harbo and [G] Samuelson [C] barely could walk.
Most men would have stopped there to bask in the glory,
after having their sunbeam capsized and starved.
But they were both back in their boats the next morning,
and in less than a week,
they arrived at the harb.
We'll see you in France,
or see you in Heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men,
after adventure,
and no one believed they could row all the way.
_ _ So those [G] of you listening,
who yearn for adventure,
like Harbo and Samuelson so long ago,
[C] like them be prepared for the task you are facing,
they were not only brave, but by God they could row.
We'll see you in France,
or see you in Heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men,
after adventure,
and no one believed they [D] could row all the way.
We'll see you in [N] France,
or see you in Heaven,
Frank Harbo and Samuelson out on the bay,
two hearty young oyster men,
after [D] adventure,
and no one believed they could row all the [C] way. _ _