Excursion Around the Bay chords by Great Big Sea
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Verse 1
Well (E minor) it was on this Monday morning
(G major) And the day be (B flat major) calm and (E minor) fine
A harbor grace excursion
With the boys who had the time
And just before the sailor
Took the gangway from the (G major) pier
I (E minor) saw some fellow (G major) haul me wife
Aboard as a volunteer
(E minor) [Chorus] Oh me, oh my,
Verse 2
(E minor)
I heard me old wife (G major) cry
Oh me, (Asus4) oh my, I think I'm (G major) gonna die!
Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say,
"I (E minor) wish I'd never (G major) taken this excursion
around the bay" (D sharp major) (E minor)
We had fourteen (G major) hundred
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Verse 3
(E minor) souls aboard,
oh what a splendid sight!
Left (A major) strong and regiment (E minor) al
to (G major) make our spirits bright
(E minor) And meself being in the double,
when a funny thing (D sharp major) s they'd say
They (G major) choke themselves from laughing
when they'd see us in the bay
(E minor) (D sharp major)
Verse 4
(G major) [Chorus]
Me (Asus4) (G major) wife (D major) (G major)
(D sharp major) she got no better,
she turned a sickly green
I fed her (D major) cake and (G major) candy,
fat (D sharp major) pork and kerosene
(G major) Castor Oil (E minor) and sug (G major) ar of candy,
I rubbed pure oil on her face
(E minor) And I (D sharp major) said she'll be a (E minor) dandy (G major) when we (E minor) reaches Harbor
(G major) Grace! (D sharp major) (E minor)
Interlude 1
(G major) (A major) (Asus4) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
(E minor) (G major)
[Chorus] My (D sharp major) wife she got no
Verse 5
better (E minor) ,
my (D sharp major) wife me darling dear
The screeches (D major) (G major) from her trolley
could hear in Carbonear
I tried (E minor) every place in Harbor Grace,
(G major) Tried every store (D major) and shop,
(G major) To get her something for a cure or take her to
(E minor) the hop
Interlude 2
(E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D sharp major)
(G major) (D sharp major)
(G major) [Chorus]
Verse 6
She died below the brandy's
as (D sharp major) we were coming back
(G major) We buried her (F major) in the ocean, (G major)
wrapped up in a Uni (D major) on (G major) Jack
(D major) So now I am a single man,
in search of a pretty face (D sharp major)
And the (E minor) woman (G major) that says she'll have me,
I'm off for Harbor Grace!
Outro 1
[Chorus]
(G major) (D major) (G major) (Asus4)
(G major)
(G major)
Excursion Around the Bay
Great Big Sea
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