Chords for Ten Thousand Miles Away
Tempo:
133 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [Bb] Oh, for a brave and gallant ship in a [Eb] fast and favoring breeze,
[Bb] With a belay crew and a captain [F] too to carry me o'er the seas.
To [Bb] carry me o'er the seas, me boys, to me [Eb] true love far away,
[Bb] From taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
My true love, she was beautiful, my [Eb] true love, she was young,
[Bb] But she's taking a trip on a government [F] ship bound out to Botany Bay,
[Bb] Bound out to Botany Bay, me boys, and though she's [Eb] far away,
I'll [Bb] never forget me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her roll, then [Eb] I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
It was a summer morning when I [Eb] last had seen me Meg,
[Bb] She'd a government band around each hand and [F] another one round her leg,
[Bb] Had another one round her leg, me boys, that's a picture [Eb] that'll never be,
[Bb] I do say she remembered me ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
I wish I was a boatswain, boat or sailor [Eb] without a fear,
[Bb] I'd a nine aboard and away I'd [F] blow this straight to me true love's ear,
[Bb] Straight to me true love's ear, me boys, when the whales and dolphins play,
When the whales and sharks are [F] having their locks ten thousand [Bb] miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, [Eb] let her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back [Bb] again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Where the sun may shine, the London fog or the [Eb] river run quite clear,
[Bb] Or the ocean brightens [F] into white or I forget me beer,
[Bb] Or I forget me beer, me [Eb] boys, or the landlords call to pay,
[Bb] But I'm never forgetting me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
[Bb] With a belay crew and a captain [F] too to carry me o'er the seas.
To [Bb] carry me o'er the seas, me boys, to me [Eb] true love far away,
[Bb] From taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
My true love, she was beautiful, my [Eb] true love, she was young,
[Bb] But she's taking a trip on a government [F] ship bound out to Botany Bay,
[Bb] Bound out to Botany Bay, me boys, and though she's [Eb] far away,
I'll [Bb] never forget me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her roll, then [Eb] I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
It was a summer morning when I [Eb] last had seen me Meg,
[Bb] She'd a government band around each hand and [F] another one round her leg,
[Bb] Had another one round her leg, me boys, that's a picture [Eb] that'll never be,
[Bb] I do say she remembered me ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
I wish I was a boatswain, boat or sailor [Eb] without a fear,
[Bb] I'd a nine aboard and away I'd [F] blow this straight to me true love's ear,
[Bb] Straight to me true love's ear, me boys, when the whales and dolphins play,
When the whales and sharks are [F] having their locks ten thousand [Bb] miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, [Eb] let her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back [Bb] again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Where the sun may shine, the London fog or the [Eb] river run quite clear,
[Bb] Or the ocean brightens [F] into white or I forget me beer,
[Bb] Or I forget me beer, me [Eb] boys, or the landlords call to pay,
[Bb] But I'm never forgetting me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
Eb
[N] _ _ [Bb] Oh, for a brave and gallant ship in a [Eb] fast and favoring breeze,
[Bb] With a belay crew and a captain [F] too to carry me o'er the seas.
To [Bb] carry me o'er the seas, me boys, to me [Eb] true love far away,
[Bb] From taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
My true love, she was beautiful, my [Eb] true love, she was young,
[Bb] But she's taking a trip on a government [F] ship bound out to Botany Bay,
[Bb] Bound out to Botany Bay, me boys, and though she's [Eb] far away,
I'll [Bb] never forget me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her roll, then [Eb] I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
It was a summer morning when I [Eb] last had seen me Meg,
[Bb] She'd a government band around each hand and [F] another one round her leg,
[Bb] Had another one round her leg, me boys, that's a picture [Eb] that'll never be,
[Bb] I do say she remembered me ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
I wish I was a boatswain, boat or sailor [Eb] without a fear,
[Bb] I'd a nine aboard and away I'd [F] blow this straight to me true love's ear,
[Bb] Straight to me true love's ear, me boys, when the whales and dolphins play,
When the whales and sharks are [F] having their locks ten thousand [Bb] miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, [Eb] let her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back [Bb] again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Where the sun may shine, the London fog or the [Eb] river run quite clear,
[Bb] Or the ocean brightens [F] into white or I forget me beer,
[Bb] Or I forget me beer, me [Eb] boys, or the landlords call to pay,
[Bb] But I'm never forgetting me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] With a belay crew and a captain [F] too to carry me o'er the seas.
To [Bb] carry me o'er the seas, me boys, to me [Eb] true love far away,
[Bb] From taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
My true love, she was beautiful, my [Eb] true love, she was young,
[Bb] But she's taking a trip on a government [F] ship bound out to Botany Bay,
[Bb] Bound out to Botany Bay, me boys, and though she's [Eb] far away,
I'll [Bb] never forget me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her roll, then [Eb] I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
It was a summer morning when I [Eb] last had seen me Meg,
[Bb] She'd a government band around each hand and [F] another one round her leg,
[Bb] Had another one round her leg, me boys, that's a picture [Eb] that'll never be,
[Bb] I do say she remembered me ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate and I [Eb] won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
I wish I was a boatswain, boat or sailor [Eb] without a fear,
[Bb] I'd a nine aboard and away I'd [F] blow this straight to me true love's ear,
[Bb] Straight to me true love's ear, me boys, when the whales and dolphins play,
When the whales and sharks are [F] having their locks ten thousand [Bb] miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, [Eb] let her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back [Bb] again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Where the sun may shine, the London fog or the [Eb] river run quite clear,
[Bb] Or the ocean brightens [F] into white or I forget me beer,
[Bb] Or I forget me beer, me [Eb] boys, or the landlords call to pay,
[Bb] But I'm never forgetting me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let her [Eb] roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music play,
[Bb] I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
[Bb] I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away.
Then, blow you inside hole, let [Eb] her roll, then I will go,
[Bb] I'll stay no more on England [F] shore to hear the music [Bb] play,
I'm off on a bounding mate [Eb] and I won't be back again,
I'm on the move to me own true love ten thousand miles away. _ _ _ _ _ _