Press Gang chords by Storm Weather Shanty Choir

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
As I walked
C 
G 
out on a London Street
Am 
Em 
A press gang there I
Am 
chanced for to meet
G 
Am 
They asked me if I'd join the fleet
Em 
Am 
On board of a man- o- war, boys

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Verse 2

Pray brother shipmates tell me true

What sort of usage they give you

That I may know be fore I go

On board of a man- o- war, boys

Verse 3

But when I went to my surprise

All that they told me was shocking lies

There was a row and a bloody old row

On board of a man- o- war, boys

Verse 4
Am 
G 
The first thing they did they
C 
Em 
took me in hand
Am 
Em 
Am 
They flogged me with a tarry strand
G 
Am 
They flogged me till I could not stand
Em 
Am 
On board of a man- o- war, boys
G 

Verse 5
Am 
They hung me up by my two thumbs
Em 
Am 
And they cut me till the blood did run
C 
G 
Am 
And that was the usage they gave me
G 
Am 
On board of a man- o- war, boys

Verse 6
Am 
G 
Am 
Em 
I married a wife and her name was Grace
Am 
I oft times cursed her ugly face
C 
Saying it's you that has brought
G 
Am 
me to this disgrace
G 
Am 
On board of a man- o- war, boys

Verse 7
Am 
G 
C 
Am 
Em 
If I   could get one foot on  shore
Am 
Em 
Some other pretty girls I'd
Am 
marry once more
C 
Neither winds nor waves would
G 
Am 
entice me any more
Em 
On board of a man- o- war,
Am 
boys