Tuning: G C E A

Artist:The Decemberists Song:Shanty for the Arethusa Album:Her Majesty Tabbed by:Anna Sattler (lucky69) email:xxevangelinexx@gmail.com

^Em We set to sail on a ^Bb packet full of ^Fspice, rum and ^Emtea-leaves. We've emptied out all the bars and the bowery hotels ^Em ^F# ^G Tell your daughters do not^G/B ^G walk the streets alone to^Emnight ^Em ^F# ^G Tell your daughters do not^E ^F# ^G walk the streets alone to^B7night (^B7La ^B7/Ada ^Gdum ^Emdum)

Tell the tale of the jewess and the mandarin chinese boy He led her down from her gilded canopy of cloth. And through her blindfold she could make out the figures there before her And how the air was thick with incense, cardamom and myrrh B7 B7/A G

^C/G So goodnight, boys, good^Emnight ^Em ^F# ^G ^C/G Say goodnight, boys, good^B7night ^B7La ^B7/Ada ^Gdum ^Emdum

^EmLa ^Cda^G d^Dum^B7 dum... We set to sail on a clipper that's bound for South Australia The weather's warm there, the natives are dark and nubile. But if you listen, quiet, you can hear the footsteps on the cross-trees The ghosts of sailors passed, their spectral bodies clinging to the shrouds.

So goodnight, boys, goodnight Say goodnight, boys, goodnight

^B7La ^B7/Ada du^Gm du^Emm Em C G D B7 (x2) Em La da dum dum...

The Decemberists - Shanty for the arethusa