Key: G major
Intro 1
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Em
G
C
G
Em
G
D
G
Verse 1
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I'm the
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C
And I spend all me time on the sea
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Em
On a tall clipper ship named the Rover
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D
G
She's home to me shipmates and me
D
Am
high as the mast
Am
D
safely to Ireland
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D
G
To her home in the port of Belfast
Verse 2
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D
Am
Likewise to the captain and crew
D
Am
May kind Providence shine
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D
Whenever they're out on the blue
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D
Verse 3
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G
C
We sail with the tide in the morn
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Em
Across the Atlantic to Boston
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D
G
And to Frisco around by Cape Horn
Am
D
Farewell and adieu to you Nancy
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D
I'm off to the sea for awhile
Am
D
Am
D
And you are the one I will think on
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D
Till I'm back in Paddy's
Verse 4
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D
Am
Likewise to the captain and crew
D
Am
May kind Providence shine
G
D
Whenever they're out
on the blue
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D
Verse 5
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G
C
With the westerly wind blowing free
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Em
She cuts like a knife through the water
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D
G
She rules every wave of the sea
Am
D
She's the fastest tall clipper a'sailing
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D
Am
The pride of the carpentry line
D
Am
D
Doing 17 knots in the voyage
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D
She'll have you back home
Verse 6
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D
Am
Likewise to the captain and crew
D
Am
May kind Providence shine
G
D
Whenever they're out on the blue
Interlude 1
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Em
G
C
G
Em
G
D
G
Am
D
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D
Am
D
Am
D
G
D
G
Verse 7
G
Em
And now we are nearing old Ireland
G
C
For the harbor has come into sight
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Em
The lassies are all on the dockside
D
G
dancing to night
We'll be drinking strong
Am
D
whiskey and porter
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D
Am
Till they carry us out through the door
D
Am
D
And when we have spend all our money
G
D
We'll go back on the Rover
Verse 8
And we'll drink to the
health of the Rover
Likewise to the captain and crew
May kind Providence shine
upon them
Verse 9
Am
G
D
Am
Likewise to the captain and crew
D
Am
May kind Providence shine
G
D
Whenever they're out on
Outro 1
the blue
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D
Am
D
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D
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Em C D Am
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