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Verse 1
(A minor) From Tortuga's port, we put to sea
And sailed for (F sharp major) 16 days
In the (A minor) biggest storm I'd ever seen
We almost lost our way
When a call came from a deckhand
Boys, I think she's (F sharp major) going down
But (A minor) don't you fear
There's enough rum here
To drink until we drown!
Verse 2
Ho!
(A minor) What shall we do with
a drunken sailor?
(G major) What shall we do with
a drunken (E minor) sailor?
(A minor) What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
(F sharp major) Early in the (A minor) morning
Hooray, and up she rises (F sharp major) (hooray)
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Verse 3
Hooray, and up she rises (A minor) (hooray)
(C major) Hooray, and up she (B major) rises
(F sharp major) (hooray)
Early in the (A minor) morning
Verse 4
So this deckhand grabbed a barrel Broke the (A minor)
seal and took a swig
And soon their screams turned into songs
Their panicked work turned into jigs
The first mate bellowed orders
Ever trying to save their skins
"Any drunken retch
The captain catch
He'll (F sharp major) beat all (A minor) limb from limb!"
Verse 5
Ho!
(A minor) What shall we do with
a drunken sailor?
(G major) What shall we do with
a drunken (E minor) sailor?
(A minor) What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
(F sharp major) Early in the morning
(A minor) (G sharp minor) Hoo (A minor) ray and up she rises (F sharp major) (hooray)
Verse 6
Hooray and up she rises (hooray)
(C major) Hooray and up she rises
(F sharp major) (hooray)
Early in the morn (A minor) ing
Verse 7
Every man continued drinking (A minor)
All their duties long for (F sharp major) got
(A minor) They were deaf to every order
'Til they heard a pistol shot
The captain stood on folks
All swung the cat above his head
"Back to yer post
Or (F sharp major) by my ghost
Ye'll (A minor) wish that ye were dead!"
Verse 8
(A minor) Oh!
What shall we do with
a drunken sailor?
What shall we (G major) do with
a drunken (A minor) sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
(F sharp major) Early in the (A minor) morning
Verse 9
Hooray and up she rises (F sharp major) (hooray)
Hooray and up she rises (C major) (hooray)
Hooray and up she (B major) rises
(F sharp major) (hooray)
Early in the morn (A minor) ing
Verse 10
Every drunk received (A minor) a beating
Some of the drunker managed (F sharp major) two
(A minor) The captain kept an eye
Until he'd (F sharp major) sobered up his (G sharp major) crew
(A minor) He then re (E minor) tired (A minor) to quarters
Put the rum upon his shelf
Sat in his seat
Put up his feet
And drank the rest himself!
Ho!
Verse 11
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
(G major)
What shall we do with
a drunken (A minor) sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
(F sharp major) Early in the morning
(A minor) Hooray
Verse 12
(A minor) and up she
rises (F sharp major) (hooray)
Hooray and up she (G major) rises (C major) (hooray)
Hooray and up she rises
(F sharp major) (hooray)
Early in the (A minor) morning
Verse 13
Put him in the longboat 'til he's sober
(A minor) Shave his belly with a rusty (G sharp major) razor
Throw him in the hold
with the captain's daugh (F sharp major) ter
Early in the (B major) morn (F sharp major) (G sharp major) ing
drunken sailor
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