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Linda Thompson - Never Put To Sea Boys CAPO: 1st Fret ## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am and C to G ## [Intro] Am [Verse 1] We once took a tall ship
And Gsailed out from the AmThames C ~ Am With two or three young officers And a whole new Gfleet of Ammen C ~ Am We were looking for adventure We were Ggone for years and years and Emyears AmNever put to sea, me boys C ~ Am It'll bring you nothing but tears
[Verse 2] We'd not been gone a few short days
A Gweek, but barely Amtwo C ~ Am When a black storm and a howling gale Affected Gbad the Amcrew C ~ Am They pleaded with the captain "GTurn, turn the ship aEmround" AmNever put to sea, me boys C ~ Am There's a chance that you might drown
[Bridge] C ~ G Oh, here's to the sailors
The Cyoung and the Emlive AmHere's to the sailors And their Cpretty, pretty Emwives Am
[Verse 3] We met a Spanish galleon
The Gfight ensued seAmvere C ~ Am Such fearsome bloody pirates That Gsome men died of Amfear C ~ Am A brave few were left standing Would Gnot desert, desert their Emguns AmAnd the blood from off our decks, me boys C ~ Am Like water it did run
[Verse 4] We gained a painful victory
And Gthen sat down to Amdine C ~ Am You drank to king and country I Gdrank to CaroAmline C ~ Am And god has had a hand in this For Gdeath for, death has left me Embe AmNever, never, never again C ~ Am Will I put to sea
[Bridge] C ~ G I don't care for the army
COr the infantEmry AmHaul away, me brave boys It's Con to victoEmry Am
[Instrumental] Am G Am C ~ Am G Am C ~ Am G Am C ~ Am E [Verse 5]
We Ammade it back to Blighty But Gsome of us had Amgone C ~ Am To Davy Jones's locker PoGseidon and beAmyond C ~ Am And now I am an old man I Gwish, I wish that I could E7be AmOnce more upon the docks, me boys C ~ A Prepared to put to sea