The Fireship Chords by Salty Dick
Tempo:
113.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
Am
D
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [N] As I walked out one evening upon a night's career, I spied a lofty clipper ship and to [F#] her I did steer.
She hoisted up her signals, [G] which I so quickly [F#m] knew, [G] and when [Am] she saw [C] me bunting up, [A] she immediately hoved to.
[D]
She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down in [F#m] [Em] ringlets.
She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
Oh sir, won't you excuse me [F#] for staying out so late, [G] and if my parents heard of this, [F#m] then sad would be my fate.
My father, he's a minister, [G] a good and righteous [Am] man.
[G] My mother, she's a [F#] Methodist.
I do [A] the best I can.
[D] [G] She had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
She [G] was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of [G] the rakish kind.
I eyed that girl both up and down, [A] for it hurts to talk before, [G#] and when she moored herself to me, [F#] I knew she was a whore.
But still she was a pretty girl.
[G] She shyly hung [A] her head.
I'll go along [G] with you, [A] my lad, was what to me she said.
[Am] She [C] had a dark and a [A] roving eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a nice girl, a decent girl, [C#] one of the rakish [G]
kind.
Well, I took her to a tavern [A] and treated her [F#m] with wine.
[G#] Little did I think that she [F#m] was one of the rakish kind.
I handled [A] her, I dandled [G] her, and much to [A] my surprise, [G] turns out she was a [C] fire ship [A] done up in a disguise.
[D]
She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [Am] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
[Bm] So up the stairs and to bed I took a [F#] maiden fair.
I [Bm] fired off my cannon into [F#m] her thatch of hair.
I fired off a broadside [G] until my shot [Am] was spent.
[C] Then I rammed that fire ship's water line [A] until my ram was bent.
[D] [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [F#m] hair hung down in ringlets.
She was [Em] a nice girl, a decent [Am] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
Then in the morning she was gone, [F#m] my money was gone [G] too.
My clothes she'd hocked, my watch she stole, my [F#m] sea bag bid adieu.
But she'd left behind a souvenir [G] I'd have you [F#m] all to know.
[G] And in nine days, to my [B] surprise, there was fire [A] down below.
[D]
[G] She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
[N] So come all you good whaler boys that sail the wintry seas.
And come all you good sailor boys, a-warn and [F#] take by me.
Beware of lofty [G] clipper ships, they'll be the [Am] ruin of you.
[Em] For she not only made me walk the plank, she [A] set fire to me main mast [D] [A] too.
[Am] [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [A] hair hung [D] down in ringlets.
[Em] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent girl, [Am] one of the [G] rakish kind.
She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down in ringlets.
[C] She was a nice girl, [G] a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
She hoisted up her signals, [G] which I so quickly [F#m] knew, [G] and when [Am] she saw [C] me bunting up, [A] she immediately hoved to.
[D]
She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down in [F#m] [Em] ringlets.
She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
Oh sir, won't you excuse me [F#] for staying out so late, [G] and if my parents heard of this, [F#m] then sad would be my fate.
My father, he's a minister, [G] a good and righteous [Am] man.
[G] My mother, she's a [F#] Methodist.
I do [A] the best I can.
[D] [G] She had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
She [G] was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of [G] the rakish kind.
I eyed that girl both up and down, [A] for it hurts to talk before, [G#] and when she moored herself to me, [F#] I knew she was a whore.
But still she was a pretty girl.
[G] She shyly hung [A] her head.
I'll go along [G] with you, [A] my lad, was what to me she said.
[Am] She [C] had a dark and a [A] roving eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a nice girl, a decent girl, [C#] one of the rakish [G]
kind.
Well, I took her to a tavern [A] and treated her [F#m] with wine.
[G#] Little did I think that she [F#m] was one of the rakish kind.
I handled [A] her, I dandled [G] her, and much to [A] my surprise, [G] turns out she was a [C] fire ship [A] done up in a disguise.
[D]
She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [Am] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
[Bm] So up the stairs and to bed I took a [F#] maiden fair.
I [Bm] fired off my cannon into [F#m] her thatch of hair.
I fired off a broadside [G] until my shot [Am] was spent.
[C] Then I rammed that fire ship's water line [A] until my ram was bent.
[D] [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [F#m] hair hung down in ringlets.
She was [Em] a nice girl, a decent [Am] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
Then in the morning she was gone, [F#m] my money was gone [G] too.
My clothes she'd hocked, my watch she stole, my [F#m] sea bag bid adieu.
But she'd left behind a souvenir [G] I'd have you [F#m] all to know.
[G] And in nine days, to my [B] surprise, there was fire [A] down below.
[D]
[G] She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
[N] So come all you good whaler boys that sail the wintry seas.
And come all you good sailor boys, a-warn and [F#] take by me.
Beware of lofty [G] clipper ships, they'll be the [Am] ruin of you.
[Em] For she not only made me walk the plank, she [A] set fire to me main mast [D] [A] too.
[Am] [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [A] hair hung [D] down in ringlets.
[Em] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent girl, [Am] one of the [G] rakish kind.
She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down in ringlets.
[C] She was a nice girl, [G] a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
Key:
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A
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F#m
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A
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_ [G] _ _ _ [N] As I walked out one evening upon a night's career, I spied a lofty clipper ship and to [F#] her I did steer.
She hoisted up her signals, [G] which I so quickly [F#m] knew, [G] and when [Am] she saw [C] me bunting up, [A] she immediately hoved to.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down in [F#m] [Em] ringlets.
She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ Oh sir, won't you excuse me [F#] for staying out so late, [G] and if my parents heard of this, [F#m] then sad would be my fate.
My father, he's a minister, [G] a good and righteous [Am] man.
[G] My mother, she's a [F#] Methodist.
I do [A] the best I can. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
She [G] was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of [G] the rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ I eyed that girl both up and down, [A] for it hurts to talk before, [G#] and when she moored herself to me, [F#] I knew she was a whore.
But still she was a pretty girl.
[G] She shyly hung [A] her head.
I'll go along [G] with you, [A] my lad, was what to me she _ _ said.
_ [Am] _ _ _ She [C] had a dark and a [A] roving eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a nice girl, a decent girl, [C#] one of the rakish [G]
kind.
_ _ _ Well, I took her to a tavern [A] and treated her [F#m] with wine.
[G#] Little did I think that she [F#m] was one of the rakish kind.
I handled [A] her, I dandled [G] her, and much to [A] my surprise, [G] turns out she was a [C] fire ship [A] done up in a disguise.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [Am] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
_ _ _ [Bm] So up the stairs and to bed I took a [F#] maiden fair.
I [Bm] fired off my cannon into [F#m] her thatch of hair.
I fired off a broadside [G] until my shot [Am] was spent.
[C] Then I rammed that fire ship's water line [A] until my ram was bent. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [F#m] hair hung down in ringlets.
She was [Em] a nice girl, a decent [Am] girl, one of the [G] rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ Then in the morning she was gone, [F#m] my money was gone [G] too.
My clothes she'd hocked, my watch she stole, my [F#m] sea bag bid adieu.
But she'd left behind a souvenir [G] I'd have you [F#m] all to know.
[G] And in nine days, to my [B] surprise, there was fire [A] down below.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ [N] So come all you good whaler boys that sail the wintry seas.
And come all you good sailor boys, a-warn and [F#] take by me.
Beware of lofty [G] clipper ships, they'll be the [Am] ruin of you.
[Em] For she not only made me walk the plank, she [A] set fire to me main mast [D] [A] too. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [A] hair hung [D] down in ringlets.
[Em] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent girl, [Am] one of the [G] rakish kind.
She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down in ringlets.
[C] She was a nice girl, [G] a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind. _ _ _ _ _
She hoisted up her signals, [G] which I so quickly [F#m] knew, [G] and when [Am] she saw [C] me bunting up, [A] she immediately hoved to.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down in [F#m] [Em] ringlets.
She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ Oh sir, won't you excuse me [F#] for staying out so late, [G] and if my parents heard of this, [F#m] then sad would be my fate.
My father, he's a minister, [G] a good and righteous [Am] man.
[G] My mother, she's a [F#] Methodist.
I do [A] the best I can. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving eye [A] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
She [G] was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of [G] the rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ I eyed that girl both up and down, [A] for it hurts to talk before, [G#] and when she moored herself to me, [F#] I knew she was a whore.
But still she was a pretty girl.
[G] She shyly hung [A] her head.
I'll go along [G] with you, [A] my lad, was what to me she _ _ said.
_ [Am] _ _ _ She [C] had a dark and a [A] roving eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a nice girl, a decent girl, [C#] one of the rakish [G]
kind.
_ _ _ Well, I took her to a tavern [A] and treated her [F#m] with wine.
[G#] Little did I think that she [F#m] was one of the rakish kind.
I handled [A] her, I dandled [G] her, and much to [A] my surprise, [G] turns out she was a [C] fire ship [A] done up in a disguise.
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ She [G] had a dark and a roving eye [Am] and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind.
_ _ _ [Bm] So up the stairs and to bed I took a [F#] maiden fair.
I [Bm] fired off my cannon into [F#m] her thatch of hair.
I fired off a broadside [G] until my shot [Am] was spent.
[C] Then I rammed that fire ship's water line [A] until my ram was bent. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [F#m] hair hung down in ringlets.
She was [Em] a nice girl, a decent [Am] girl, one of the [G] rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ Then in the morning she was gone, [F#m] my money was gone [G] too.
My clothes she'd hocked, my watch she stole, my [F#m] sea bag bid adieu.
But she'd left behind a souvenir [G] I'd have you [F#m] all to know.
[G] And in nine days, to my [B] surprise, there was fire [A] down below.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down [D] in ringlets.
[G] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish _ kind.
_ _ _ [N] So come all you good whaler boys that sail the wintry seas.
And come all you good sailor boys, a-warn and [F#] take by me.
Beware of lofty [G] clipper ships, they'll be the [Am] ruin of you.
[Em] For she not only made me walk the plank, she [A] set fire to me main mast [D] [A] too. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] She had a dark and a roving eye and her [A] hair hung [D] down in ringlets.
[Em] She was a [Am] nice [G] girl, a decent girl, [Am] one of the [G] rakish kind.
She had a dark and a roving [A] eye and her hair hung down in ringlets.
[C] She was a nice girl, [G] a decent [A] girl, one of the [G] rakish kind. _ _ _ _ _
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