Chords for Ruairí Cunnane & Barry Kerr - Good Ship Kangaroo
Tempo:
120.25 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
[B]
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[D] [A]
[B] Oh once I [D] was a windman who [B] lived at home [D] with his, but [A] now I am a mariner [E] who ploughs the [A] anery seas.
[E] Oh I always loved seafaring [B] life, I bid my love [D] adieu, [A] I shipped as steward and cooked me boys on board the kangaroo.
[E] Oh I never thought [B] she would prove false or either prove [D] untrue, [A] as we sailed away to Milford Bay [E] on board the [A] kangaroo.
Oh [E] think of me, [Bm] oh think [D] of me, she [B] mourned to leave it said, [A] when you are on the foreign land and [B] I am far away.
Oh take this [B] lucky trough and even it'll make you bear in [D] mind, [A] that love and trust and painful heart you [E] left in [A] tears behind.
Cheer [E] up, cheer up, [B] my own true love don't weep so bitterly.
She [A] sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she [E] cried, but she could not say goodbye.
Oh I won't be gone for [B] very long, it's but a month [D] or two, [A] but when I will return again of course I'll visit you.
Oh [F#] I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo.
[D] [A]
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[D] [A]
[B] [A] [E] Our ship, it [B] was homeward bound from many's to [Bm] foreign shore, [A] and many's to foreign presents unto [E] my love I bore.
I brought to Arthas's from [B] Tenerife and tiles from [D] Timbuktu, [A] a china wrapped and a Bengal cap [E] and a Bombay [A] cockatoo.
Paid [E] off I sought [Bm] her dwelling [D] on a place [D] above the town, where [A] a smart young ladle of [B] kundaline was hanging out [A] her gown.
[E] Where is my love?
She's [D] vanished, or about six months ago, [A] but a smart young man who thrived the [E] van for a chumbling [A] sub-elk hoe.
[Em] Oh I never thought [D] she would prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford Bay on [E] board the [A] kangaroo.
[E] Here's a health to sweet [D] married life of soaps and suds and blue, [A] heart's true love and paint, [E] starch and washing [A] soap.
[B] I'm a going to [Bm] some foreign land, no longer [D] can I stay, [A] and with some china hot and hot I'll throw myself away.
[E] Oh my love she is no [D] foolish girl, her age it is to score, [A] oh my love she is no spinster, [E] she's been married [A] twice before.
[E] Oh I cannot say [B] it was her wealth that stole [D] my heart away, [A] she's a washer in the laundry for one and nine a day.
[E] Oh I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo.
[D] [B]
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[D] [A]
[B] Oh once I [D] was a windman who [B] lived at home [D] with his, but [A] now I am a mariner [E] who ploughs the [A] anery seas.
[E] Oh I always loved seafaring [B] life, I bid my love [D] adieu, [A] I shipped as steward and cooked me boys on board the kangaroo.
[E] Oh I never thought [B] she would prove false or either prove [D] untrue, [A] as we sailed away to Milford Bay [E] on board the [A] kangaroo.
Oh [E] think of me, [Bm] oh think [D] of me, she [B] mourned to leave it said, [A] when you are on the foreign land and [B] I am far away.
Oh take this [B] lucky trough and even it'll make you bear in [D] mind, [A] that love and trust and painful heart you [E] left in [A] tears behind.
Cheer [E] up, cheer up, [B] my own true love don't weep so bitterly.
She [A] sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she [E] cried, but she could not say goodbye.
Oh I won't be gone for [B] very long, it's but a month [D] or two, [A] but when I will return again of course I'll visit you.
Oh [F#] I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo.
[D] [A]
[B]
[D] [A]
[B] [A] [E] Our ship, it [B] was homeward bound from many's to [Bm] foreign shore, [A] and many's to foreign presents unto [E] my love I bore.
I brought to Arthas's from [B] Tenerife and tiles from [D] Timbuktu, [A] a china wrapped and a Bengal cap [E] and a Bombay [A] cockatoo.
Paid [E] off I sought [Bm] her dwelling [D] on a place [D] above the town, where [A] a smart young ladle of [B] kundaline was hanging out [A] her gown.
[E] Where is my love?
She's [D] vanished, or about six months ago, [A] but a smart young man who thrived the [E] van for a chumbling [A] sub-elk hoe.
[Em] Oh I never thought [D] she would prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford Bay on [E] board the [A] kangaroo.
[E] Here's a health to sweet [D] married life of soaps and suds and blue, [A] heart's true love and paint, [E] starch and washing [A] soap.
[B] I'm a going to [Bm] some foreign land, no longer [D] can I stay, [A] and with some china hot and hot I'll throw myself away.
[E] Oh my love she is no [D] foolish girl, her age it is to score, [A] oh my love she is no spinster, [E] she's been married [A] twice before.
[E] Oh I cannot say [B] it was her wealth that stole [D] my heart away, [A] she's a washer in the laundry for one and nine a day.
[E] Oh I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo.
[D] [B]
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Key:
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[B] Oh once I [D] was a windman who [B] lived at home [D] with his, but [A] now I am a mariner [E] who ploughs the [A] anery seas.
[E] Oh I always loved seafaring [B] life, I bid my love [D] adieu, [A] I shipped as steward and cooked me boys on board the kangaroo.
[E] Oh I never thought [B] she would prove false or either prove [D] untrue, [A] as we sailed away to Milford Bay [E] on board the [A] kangaroo.
Oh [E] think of me, [Bm] oh think [D] of me, she [B] mourned to leave it said, [A] when you are on the foreign land and [B] I am far away.
Oh take this [B] lucky trough and even it'll make you bear in [D] mind, [A] that love and trust and painful heart you [E] left in [A] tears behind.
Cheer [E] up, cheer up, [B] my own true love don't weep so bitterly.
She [A] sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she [E] cried, but she could not say goodbye.
Oh I won't be gone for [B] very long, it's but a month [D] or two, [A] but when I will return again of course I'll visit you.
Oh [F#] I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo. _
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_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] Our ship, it [B] was homeward bound from many's to [Bm] foreign shore, [A] and many's to foreign presents unto [E] my love I bore.
I brought to Arthas's from [B] Tenerife and tiles from [D] Timbuktu, [A] a china wrapped and a Bengal cap [E] and a Bombay [A] cockatoo.
Paid [E] off I sought [Bm] her dwelling [D] on a place [D] above the town, where [A] a smart young ladle of [B] kundaline was hanging out [A] her gown.
[E] Where is my love?
She's [D] vanished, or about six months ago, [A] but a smart young man who thrived the [E] van for a chumbling [A] sub-elk hoe.
[Em] Oh I never thought [D] she would prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford Bay on [E] board the [A] kangaroo.
[E] Here's a health to sweet [D] married life of soaps and suds and blue, [A] heart's true love and paint, [E] starch and washing [A] soap. _
[B] I'm a going to [Bm] some foreign land, no longer [D] can I stay, [A] and with some china hot and hot I'll throw myself away.
[E] Oh my love she is no [D] foolish girl, her age it is to score, [A] oh my love she is no spinster, [E] she's been married [A] twice before. _
[E] Oh I cannot say [B] it was her wealth that stole [D] my heart away, [A] she's a washer in the laundry for one and nine a day.
[E] Oh I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo. _
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[B] Oh once I [D] was a windman who [B] lived at home [D] with his, but [A] now I am a mariner [E] who ploughs the [A] anery seas.
[E] Oh I always loved seafaring [B] life, I bid my love [D] adieu, [A] I shipped as steward and cooked me boys on board the kangaroo.
[E] Oh I never thought [B] she would prove false or either prove [D] untrue, [A] as we sailed away to Milford Bay [E] on board the [A] kangaroo.
Oh [E] think of me, [Bm] oh think [D] of me, she [B] mourned to leave it said, [A] when you are on the foreign land and [B] I am far away.
Oh take this [B] lucky trough and even it'll make you bear in [D] mind, [A] that love and trust and painful heart you [E] left in [A] tears behind.
Cheer [E] up, cheer up, [B] my own true love don't weep so bitterly.
She [A] sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she [E] cried, but she could not say goodbye.
Oh I won't be gone for [B] very long, it's but a month [D] or two, [A] but when I will return again of course I'll visit you.
Oh [F#] I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo. _
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_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] Our ship, it [B] was homeward bound from many's to [Bm] foreign shore, [A] and many's to foreign presents unto [E] my love I bore.
I brought to Arthas's from [B] Tenerife and tiles from [D] Timbuktu, [A] a china wrapped and a Bengal cap [E] and a Bombay [A] cockatoo.
Paid [E] off I sought [Bm] her dwelling [D] on a place [D] above the town, where [A] a smart young ladle of [B] kundaline was hanging out [A] her gown.
[E] Where is my love?
She's [D] vanished, or about six months ago, [A] but a smart young man who thrived the [E] van for a chumbling [A] sub-elk hoe.
[Em] Oh I never thought [D] she would prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford Bay on [E] board the [A] kangaroo.
[E] Here's a health to sweet [D] married life of soaps and suds and blue, [A] heart's true love and paint, [E] starch and washing [A] soap. _
[B] I'm a going to [Bm] some foreign land, no longer [D] can I stay, [A] and with some china hot and hot I'll throw myself away.
[E] Oh my love she is no [D] foolish girl, her age it is to score, [A] oh my love she is no spinster, [E] she's been married [A] twice before. _
[E] Oh I cannot say [B] it was her wealth that stole [D] my heart away, [A] she's a washer in the laundry for one and nine a day.
[E] Oh I never thought she would [D] prove false or either prove untrue, as [A] we sailed away to Milford [E] Bay on board [A] the kangaroo. _
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