Chords for The Last Shanty

_ _ Well, me father often told me when I was just a lad
A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad
But now I've joined the Navy, I'm aboard [E] a man-o'-war
And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more
[A] Don't haul on the rope and don't claim up the mast
And if you see a [E] sailing ship it mightn't be your last
Just get [A] your civvies ready for another on the shore
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor any more
[F#] Well, the killer cover mess, he says we had it soft
It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft
We like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?
And swinging from the deck, head a-lying on the [A] floor
Don't haul on the rope and don't [E] claim up the mast
And if you see a [Em] sailing ship it mightn't be your last
Just [A] get your civvies ready for another on the shore
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor any [F#] more
They gave us an engine, it first went up and down
And then with more technology the engine went around
We know our steam and diesels, but what's a minyard for?
A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel any more
Don't haul on the rope and don't claim up the mast
And if you see a [E] sailing ship it mightn't be your last
Just [A] get your civvies ready for another on the shore
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a [F#] sailor any more
And two cans of beer a day, and that's a bleeding lot
And now I've got an extra one because they stopped the tot
So we'll put on our civvy clothes and find a proper shore
A sailor's just a sailor just like he was [A] before
Don't haul on the rope and don't claim up the mast
And if you see [E] a sailing ship it mightn't be your last
Just [A] get your civvies ready for another on the shore
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor any more
Don't haul on the rope and don't [B] claim up the mast
And if you see a sailing ship it mightn't be your last
Just [A] get your civvies ready for another on the shore