Chords for Polly on the Shore

Tempo:
66.55 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

A

F#

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Polly on the Shore chords
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[E] [B] Oh come [A] all you wild [B] young men [E] and do not linger [B] by me.
Never [E] to lead your single life astray and into [A] no bad [B] company.
[B]
[E] As I myself [B] have done.
It [E] being in the [B]
middle of the night when I was pressed [A] by a sea [E]
captain and on board a man-o-war I [B] was sent.
We [E] sailed a meadwash [B] and so wide [E] and the bonnie, bonnie flag we [B] led for our high.
Let every [E] man stand true to his land for the Lord knows who [B] must die.
[E] Let [B] every man stand true to his land [E] for the Lord [A] knows who [B] must die.
[E] Our captain [A] was wounded for [F#m] so and [E] likewise were the rest of [B] his crew.
Our main master [E] again was scattered on the deck so that we were obliged [B] to give in.
Our [E] decks [A] they were smattered [B] with blood and [E] so loudly the cannon [B] did roar.
And here [E] oh the why I wished myself at home and all [A] alone with my Polly [B] on the shore.
[Em] She's a tall and a [B] slender girl.
She's a dark and a
And here am [E] I a-bleeding on the deck and for her sweet sake [B] I would die.
Here am I a-bleeding on the deck [E] and for her sweet sake [B] I would die.
[E] So farewell [A] to my [B] parents and my friends [E] and farewell to my dear [F#] Polly too.
I never [E] would have crossed the salt sea so wide [C#m] if I had been ruled [B] by you.
[E] Never would [B] have crossed the salt sea so wide [E] if I had [A] been ruled [B] by you.
[F#] [Bm] [B]
[D#m] [B]
[F#] [B]
[F#]
[Bm] [B]
[F#]
[B]
you
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Key:  
B
12341112
E
2311
A
1231
F#
134211112
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
E
2311
A
1231
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Oh _ come [A] all you wild [B] young men [E] and do not linger [B] by me.
_ Never [E] to lead your single life astray and into [A] no bad [B] company.
[B] _
[E] As I myself [B] have done. _
It [E] being in the [B] _ _ _ _
middle of the night when I was pressed [A] by a sea [E]
captain and on board a man-o-war I [B] was sent.
We [E] sailed a meadwash [B] and so wide [E] and the bonnie, bonnie flag we [B] led for our high.
_ Let every [E] man stand true to his land for the Lord knows who [B] must die. _
[E] Let [B] every man stand true to his land [E] for the Lord [A] knows who [B] must die.
_ _ _ _ [E] Our captain [A] was wounded for [F#m] so and [E] likewise were the rest of [B] his crew.
_ Our main master [E] again was scattered on the deck so that we were obliged [B] to give in.
Our [E] decks [A] they were smattered [B] with blood and [E] so loudly the cannon [B] did roar.
_ And here [E] oh the why I wished myself at home and all [A] alone with my Polly [B] on the shore.
_ [Em] She's a tall and a [B] slender girl.
_ She's a dark and _ _ _ _ a_
And here am [E] I a-bleeding on the deck and for her sweet sake [B] I would die.
_ Here am I a-bleeding on the deck [E] and for her sweet sake [B] I would _ die. _ _ _
[E] So farewell [A] to my [B] parents and my friends [E] and farewell to my dear [F#] Polly too. _
I never [E] would have crossed the salt sea so wide [C#m] if I had been ruled [B] by you. _
_ [E] Never would [B] have crossed the salt sea so wide [E] if I had [A] been ruled [B] by you. _
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