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Key: C minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The wind was whipping
E
E

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shingle through the windows in the town

A hail of stones across the roof,
Am
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the slates came raining down

A blade of light upon the spit came
Dm
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sweeping through the roar
E
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With me head in side a barrel and
Verse 2

me leg screwed in the floor
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Mother pack me bags because
E
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I'm off to foreign parts

Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause
Dm
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Am
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Dm
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I'm sure it's off the charts

I'll pin your likeness on the wall
Dm
Dm

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right by my sleeping head
E
E

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I'll send you cards and letters so

you'll know that I'm not dead
Verse 3
Am
Am

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By this time in a week I should
E
E

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be far away from home

Trailing fingers through the phospor or
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asleep in flowers of foam

From Macao to Acapulco from
Dm
Dm

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Havana to Seville
E
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We'll see monoliths and bridges

and the Christ up on the hill
Verse 4
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An aria with the Russians at
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E

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the piano in the bar

With ice floes through the window
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we raised glasses to the Czar

We squared off on a dockside with
Dm
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a couple a hundred Finns
E
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We dallied in the 'dilly and we

soaked ourselves in gin
Verse 5
Dm
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Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
E
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Are the stalks of corn
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beneath my feet
Dm
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And the only sea I want to sail
E
E

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Is the darkned pond in

the scented dusk

Where a kid grow's full of sadness

Let's all go drifting out into the even
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ing sun
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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We sailed through constellations
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and were rutted by the storm

I crumpled under cudgel blows
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and finally came ashore

I spent the next two years or more
Dm
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just staring at the wall
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We went to sea to see the world

and what d'you think we saw?
Verse 7
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If we turned the table upside down
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and sailed around the bed

Clamped knives between our teeth and
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tied bandannas round our heads

With the wainscot our horizon and
Dm
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the ceiling as the sky
E
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You'd not expect that anyone

would go and fuckin' die
Verse 8
Dm
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Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
E
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Are the stalks of corn
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beneath my feet
Dm
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And the only sea I want to sail
E
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Is the darkned pond in the scented dusk

Where a kid grow's full of sadness

Let us all go drifting out into
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the evening sun
Verse 9
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At nights we passed the bottle round
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and drank to our lost friends

We lay alone upon our bunks
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and prayed that this would end

A wall of moving shadows with
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rows of swinging keys
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We dreamed that whole Leviathans

lay rotting in the weeds
Verse 10
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There's a sound that comes from miles
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away if you lean your head to hear

A ship's bell rings on board a wreck
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when the air is still and clear

And up above that means another
Dm
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angel's got his wings
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But all below it signifies is

a ship's gone in the drink
Verse 11
Dm
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Now the only deck that I'd want to walk
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Are the stalks of corn
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beneath my feet
Dm
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And the only sea I want to sail
E
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Is the darkned pond in

the scented dusk

Where a kid grow's full of sadness
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Let us all go drifting out into the evening sun
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • E

  • C

  • Dm

  • G

  • F

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Drunken Boat by The Pogues is C minor.

The primary chords used in Drunken Boat are Cm, G, Eb, Fm, Bb, Ab.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Cm, G, Eb, Fm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Drunken Boat is approximately 176 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Drunken Boat using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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