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Intro 1
(D major) (C major) (E minor) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (D major) (C major)
(E minor) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 1
It's a (G major) long
way to (C major) Shanghai through the (G major) vast China Sea (D major)
The (A minor) topsails are full (E minor) but we're
(C major) light on the breeze (D major)
With a (G major) good clip down (C major) channel,
(G major) and the passage looks (D major) calm
And there's (A minor) naught like a
(E minor) clipper just (D major) rolling along (G major)
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Verse 2
Rolling (C major) (G major) along, boys, (D major) rolling along (E minor)
And there's (C major) naught like a (G major) clipper
just (D major) rolling along (G major)
Verse 3
'Tween the skeleton (C major) beach and
the (G major) Cape of Good (D major) Hope
There's (A minor) sandbars and reef (E minor) s, boys,
and they'll (C major) give you a grope (D major)
To you (G major) skippers so (C major) daring,
don't (G major) act too cock- (D major) sure
Or your (A minor) ship may be (E minor) wrecked
and you'll sail (D major) her no (G major) more
Sail (C major) her no
Verse 4
(G major) more, boys, (D major) sail her no (E minor) more
Or your (C major) ship may be (G major) wrecked
and you'll sail (D major) her no (G major) more
Verse 5
There's (G major) pirates in (C major) waiting
and (G major) storms to be (D major) tamed
The (A minor) shoals all bear (E minor) names of the
(C major) boats that they (D major) claimed
But (G major) under our (C major) feet the warm
(G major) waters that (D major) roll
Are (A minor) blue as cut (E minor) sapphires
and shining (D major) like (G major) gold
Verse 6
(C major) Shining like (G major) gold, boys, (D major) shining like (E minor) gold
As (C major) blue as cut (G major) sapphires and (D major) shining
like (C major) gold
(E minor) (D major) (C major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 7
Now our (G major) cargo (C major) is loaded and we
(G major) catch the dawn (D major) tide
I can (A minor) bare see the (E minor) vessels
I (C major) race for the prize (D major)
In the (G major) docks back in (C major) London,
they (G major) wait for to (D major) see
The (A minor) sails of our (E minor) clipper
and the (D major) first stalk of (G major) tea
(C major) First stalk of
Verse 8
(G major) tea, boys, (D major) first stalk of (E minor) tea
For the (C major) sails of our (G major) clipper and the
(D major) first stalk of (G major) tea
Verse 9
(G major) Catching the (C major) (G major) westerly's haul every (D major) hand
(A minor) Pile on the topsail,
(E minor) (C major) give all she can stand (D major)
For (G major) heart then for (C major) home,
I hear (G major) calling me (D major) on
And there's (A minor) naught like a (E minor) clipper,
just (D major) rolling along (G major)
(C major) Rolling
Verse 10
(G major) along, boys, (D major) rolling (E minor) along
And there's (C major) naught like a
(G major) clipper just (D major) rolling along (E minor)
Rolling (C major)
Verse 11
(G major) along, boys, (D major) rolling along (E minor)
And there's (C major) naught like a
(G major) clipper just (D major) rolling along
rolling along
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