The Wreck Of The Athens Queen Chords by Stan Rogers

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We were drinking down to Reedy's [F] house when [G] first we [C] heard the blow.
It [G] seemed to come [C] from the [F] barracks, so boldly forth we go.
And sure enough, [C] the rusty plug could just be barely [F] seen.
[C] As the spring was high up in the [Am] air, we made out Athens [F] green.
[C] Oh, [G] the lovely Athens [C] green. _ _
_ _ _ _ Me [G] boys, I must remind [C] you [F] there's a [G] bottle [C] left inside.
So let us go and have a [F] few and wait [G] until [Dm] low time.
[F] And if [C] the sea's not plainer when the grass is arlick green,
[F] [C] We will then set forth some dories, [Am] lads, and see what may be [F] seen
[C] On the lovely Athens green.
_ _ Some songs and old tall stories then [F] came out [G] to past [C] the time.
Nor could a single bottle [F] keep us all [Dm] until low time.
[F] And so [C] it was before we left the house we were [F] at sea,
So [C] we scarcely can remember [Am] how we made the Athens [F] green.
[C] Oh, the lovely Athens green.
_ Oh, [B] the waves [Am] inside me belly [F] were as high [G] as those [C] outside.
And [G] though I'm never [C] seasick, I [F] lost [Dm] dinner oversight.
[F] T'was well there [C] was no crew to save, for we'd have scared them [F] green.
[C] We could scarcely keep ourselves from [Am] falling off the Athens [F] green.
[C] Oh, the lovely Athens green. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, Reedy [G] goes straight down [C] below [F] and [G] comes up with [C] a cow.
Hello, I said, now what would [F] you be wanting [Dm] with that now?
[F] You'll never [C] take a cow home in a dory on such sea.
[F] [C] Well, me some nieces have always [Am] fancy fresh green in me [F] tea.
[C] Oh, the lovely Athens green. _ _
I headed [G] for the galley [C] then, as I was rather dry.
And [G] glad I was to get [C] there [F] quick, for [C] what should [Dm] I spy?
[F] Oh, [C] what a shame it would have been for to lose it all at [F] sea.
[C] Forty, forty pieces of the best [Am] Napoleon brandy ever [F] seen,
[C] on the lovely Athens green. _
I [G] loaded twenty [C] cases, [F] boys, then [G] headed [C] for the shore.
_ Unloaded them as quick as that [F] and then [D] pulled back for more.
[F] The [C] smith was pulling for the shore, but he could [Am] scarcely [F] seem
[C] under near two hundred chickens [Am] and a leather pouch of [F] green
[C] on the [G] lovely Athens green.
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_ _ _ _ Well, here's [G] to all [C] good salvagers, [F] likewise [C] to Ripper Rock,
And [G] to Napoleon Brandy, [C] of which now we [Dm] have much stock.
[F] We eat [C] a lot of chicken and sit on a couch [F] of green,
[C] And we wait for Ripper Rock to [Am] claim another Athens [F] Queen,
[C] Oh, the lovely Athens Queen! _ _ _ _ _
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