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[Verse 1]
Sing Bmho! for a brave and a gallant ship And a fast and a favoring Dbreeze With a Bmbully good crew and a captain too To carry me over the Dseas To Bmcarry me over the seas, me boys To my true love far Daway I'm Bmtaking a trip on a Bmgovernment ship Ten F#mthousand Dmiles Bmaway
[Chorus]
So Bmblow ye winds and blow And a roving I will F#mgo I'll Astay no more on Ethis old shore And Dhear that fiddler Bmplay I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm
[Verse 2]
Oh, my Bmown true love was beautiful My own true love was Dyoung She had Bmdiamonds in her eyes, my friends And silvery was her Dtongue Silvery Bmwas her tongue, oh yes And the big ship left the Dbay Fair Bmwell said she, be Bmgood to me Yuri Ten F#mthousand Dmiles Bmaway
[Chorus]
So Bmblow ye winds and blow And a roving I will F#mgo I'll Astay no more on Ethis old shore And Dhear that fiddler Bmplay I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm
[Verse 3]
It's Bmbeen at least a hundred days Since I last saw me DMeg She had a Bmgovernment band around one hand And another one 'round her Dleg And Bmanother one 'round her leg, me boys And the big ship left the Dbay I Bmswore that I'd be Bmtrue to her Ten F#mthousand Dmiles Bmaway
[Chorus]
So Bmblow ye winds and blow And a roving I will F#mgo I'll Astay no more on Ethis old shore And Dhear that fiddler Bmplay I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm
[Verse 4]
Oh, I Bmwish I was a bosun bold Or a sailor without Dfear I'd Bmbuild me a boat and away I'd float And straight to me true love Dsteer And Bmstraight to me true love steer, me boys Where the dancin' dolphins Dplay Where the Bmwhales and sharks are Bmhaving their larks Ten F#mthousand Dmiles Bmaway
[Chorus]
So Bmblow ye winds and blow And a roving I will F#mgo I'll Astay no more on Ethis old shore And Dhear that fiddler Bmplay I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm
[Bridge] Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm F#m D Bm [Chorus]
So Bmblow ye winds and blow And a roving I will F#mgo I'll Astay no more on Ethis old shore And Dhear that fiddler Bmplay I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm
[Verse 5]
Well, the Bmsun will shine through the London fog Or the water running Dclear Or the Bmocean brine turn into wine Or I'll forget me Dbeer Or I'll Bmforget me beer, me boys On the landlord's quarter-Dpay But I'll Bmwon't forget me Bmown true love Ten F#mthousand Dmiles Bmaway
[Chorus]
So Bmblow ye winds and blow And a roving I will F#mgo I'll Astay no more on Ethis old shore And Dhear that fiddler Bmplay I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm
[Chorus]
I'm Bmoff on a bounding main And I won't be back F#magain I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway I'm Ataking a trip on a Egovernment ship Ten Dthousand miles Bmaway F#m Bm