10,000 Miles Away Chords by The Skullduggers

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Sing, hope for a brave and gallant ship, and a passenger that may have [D] been free.
So I've [Bm] got a bully, got a crow, and a captain too, that carry me [D] over the seas.
[Bm] To carry me over the seas, you boys, to my true love [D] far away.
[Bm] I'm taking a trip on a government ship ten [F#m] thousand [Bm] miles away.
So blow your wings and blow, and I know [F#m] that I will go.
[A] I'll stay no [E] more on this old shore, and hear the [D] middleman play.
[Bm] I'm off on a bounding [B] main, and I won't be [F#m] back again.
[A] I'm taking a [E] trip on a government ship ten [D] thousand [Bm] miles away.
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Well, [B] my old true love was beautiful.
My old true love [D] was young.
[Bm] She had diamonds in her eyes, my friends, and silvery was [D] her tongue.
_ [Bm] Silvery was her tongue, oh yes, and he makes she blessed [D] he made.
[Bm] And well, says she, be true to me, you're [F#m] only ten thousand [Bm] miles [B] away.
So blow your wings and blow, and I know [F#m] that I will [A] go.
I'll stay [E] no more on this old shore, and hear the [D] middleman [Bm] play.
I'm off on a bounding [B] main, and I won't be [F#m] back again.
[A] I'm taking a [E] trip on a government ship ten [A] thousand [Bm] miles away. _ _ _ _
[B] Well, it's been at least a hundred days since I [F#m] last saw me [B] mate.
She had a government van around one hand, and another [D] one around her [Bm] leg.
Had another [B] one around her leg, me boys, and a big ship left [D] the [Bm] bay.
I swore that I'd be true to her _ day.
So blow your wings and blow, and I know that [F#m] I will [A] go.
I'll stay [E] no more on this old shore, and hear the [D] middleman play.
[B] I'm off on a bounding main, and I won't be back [F#m] again.
[A] I'm taking a [E] trip on a government ship ten [D] thousand [B] miles away.
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Well, I wish I was a bozeman, or a [D] sailor without [Bm] fear.
[B] I'd be a boat and away I'd float, straight [D] to my true love's dear.
[B] And straight to my true love's dear, me boys, where the [D] dancing dove will [Bm] play.
Where the whales and sharks are having their larks ten thousand miles away.
So blow your wings and blow, and I know that [F#m] I will go.
[A] I'll stay [E] no more on this old shore, and hear the [Bm] middleman play.
I'm off on a bounding main, [B] and I won't be back [F#m] again.
[A] I'm taking a [E] trip on a government ship ten [Bm] thousand miles away. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [B] So blow your wings and blow, and I [F#m] know that I will go.
[A] I'll stay [E] no more on this old shore, and hear the [Bm] middleman play.
[B] I'm off on a bounding main, and I won't be back [F#m] again.
[A] I'm taking a trip [E] on a government ship ten [D] thousand [B] miles away.
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Well, the sun will [N] shine through the London fog, or the water [D] running clear.
[Bm] Or the ocean bounding into [E] Winer, I forget [D] me beer.
[Bm] Or I [G] forget me beer, me boys, or the [D] landlord's quarter pay.
[Bm] But I won't forget my own true love ten thousand miles away.
So blow your wings and blow, and I know that [F#m] I will go.
[A] I'll stay no [E] more on this old shore, and hear the [A] middleman play.
[Bm] I'm off on a bounding main, and I won't [F#m] be back again.
[A] I'm taking [E] a trip on a government ship [Bm] ten thousand miles away.
I'm off on a bounding main, and I won't be [F#m] back again.
[A] I'm taking a [E] trip on a government ship ten [D] thousand [Bm] miles away.
[A] I'm taking a [E] trip on a government ship ten [Bm] thousand miles away. _ _ _ _ _
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