[G]Out in the harbor at the [C]end of the [G]day
I sit
in my boat, watch the [A7]light fade a[D]way
I [C]think
of the girls that [G]I used to [Em]know
And the
[G]seas that we sailed, t’was a [D7]long time a[G]go
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And [C]my old boat, she [G]kept me afloat
Through wind and bad weather we [A7]braved many [D]storms
From the [C]Mexican Gulf to the [G]South China [Em]Seas
We [G]never did [D7]come to no [G]harm
I [G]knew
a sea captain – but his [C]name won’t come [G]to me
Sailed
a ship off Newport for [A7]Halifax [D]bound
[C] spured up by a whale as [G]big as a [Em]mountain
Neither
[G]he nor his [D7crew ever [G]found
Chorus
Two [G]shipmates
I sailed with danced [C]with the same [G]woman
In a
bar in the backstreets of [A7]Old Amster[D]dam
Woke
[C]up in the morning, blind [G]drunk on the [Em]street
[G]Six
months back wages and [D7]dignity [G]gone
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I [G]met
a young girl on the [C]streets of New [G]Orleans
With
eyes bright as diamonds and an [A7] heavenly
[D]skin
But I
[C]kissed her goodbye 'neat [G]pale
creol[Em]moon
When
the [G]time came around to go [D7]sailing a[G]gain
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twice
