The Handsome Cabin Boy Chords by Jerry Garcia

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_ _ It's of a pretty female, [C] as you may [D] understand, Her mind being bent for ramblin' [G] and runnin'
To some [D] foreign land.
She dressed herself in sailor's [G] clothes, Or [C] so [G] it [D] does appear,
And she hired [E] with the captain [C] To serve him [D] for a year. _ _ _
The captain's wife, she'd been on [G] board, [C] She'd seen it in [D] great joy,
To think her husband [C] had [G] engaged Such a handsome [D] cabin boy.
And now and then she'd slip [C] him a [G] kiss, And she would have [D] liked a toy.
It was the captain found out the secret Of [C] the handsome cabin [D] boy. _ _
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_ _ _ _ It makes women like roses [C] in her hair, All [D] in a curl.
The sailors often [C] smiled and said, [G] She [C] looks just like [D] a girl.
But eating of the [C] captain's biscuit, [G] Her collar [D] did destroy,
And the wasted swell of praying [C] held The handsome [D] cabin boy. _ _
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Was in the [E] bay of [C] Biscayne, A gallant ship [D] did plough. _
A night among the [Em] sailors [G] was A fearful [D] flurry and row.
They tumbled from their [G] hammocks, For sleep it [D] did destroy,
And they swore about the grounding [C] Of the handsome [D] cabin boy. _
Oh, Doctor, dear, oh, Doctor, [C]
The cabin [D] boy did cry.
My time is come, I am [G] undone, And I should [D] surely die.
The Doctor come a [C]-running [G] And a-smiling [D] at the fun,
To think a sailor [A] lad [D] should [C] Have a daughter [D] or a son. _ _
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[D] _ _ The sailors, when they saw the joke, [C] They all did [D] stand and stare.
The child belonged to none of [G] them, They [C] [D] solemnly did swear.
And the captain's wife, she says [C] to him, My [G] dear, I [D] wish you joy,
For it's either you or me who's betrayed [C] The handsome [D] cabin boy.
_ _ _ So each man took his [A] toad Of [C] rum and he drunk, success [D] to trade.
And likewise to the cabin [C] boy [G] Was neither man [D] nor maid.
His hoping was, don't [C] rise again, [G] The [C] sailors [D] to destroy.
And his hoping for a jolly lad More [C] like the handsome [D] cabin boy. _ _ _ _
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