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Rolling Down To Old Maui chords by Todd Rundgren

  • Am

  • E

  • F

  • Dm

  • G

  • G#dim

    6
  • Cm

    3
  • G#

    4
  • Gm

    3
  • Gsus4

  • Em

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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor)
It's (E major)
Verse 1
(F major) (E major) (F major) (E major) (A minor) a (E major) damn tough life,
full of (F major) toil and strife, (E major)
We (D minor) (E major) whalermen un (A minor) dergo,
And we (E major) won't give a damn
when the (D minor) gales are (E major) done
How (D minor) hard the (E major) winds did (A minor) blow,
For we're homeward bound
from the (G major) Arctic grounds
With a (F major) good ship taut and free, (E major)
And we won't give (D minor) a (G sharpdim) damn
when we (A minor) drink our (F major) rum
With the (E major) girls from old Maui. (A minor)

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Verse 2
Rolling (A minor) down to old Maui, (G major) me boys,
Rolling (F major) down to old Maui, (E major)
We're (D minor) homeward (E major) bound from
the (A minor) Arctic (F major) grounds,
Rolling down to (E major) old Maui. (A minor)
Once (D minor) more we sail (E major) with the
(D minor) northerly (E major) gales
Through the ice (D minor) and (E major) wind and (A minor) rain,
Them coconut (D minor) (G sharpdim) fronds,
them (E major) tropic (D minor) al shores, (E major)
We soon (D minor) shall see (E major) (A minor) again;
Six hellish months we've (G major) passed away
On the (F major) cold Kamchatka sea, (E major)
But now (D minor) we're (E major) bound from the Arc (D minor) tic (E major) grounds,
(D minor) (E major) (A minor)
Rolling down to old Maui. (G major)
Once more we sail (F major) with the Northerly gales,
Towards (E major) (D minor) our (E major) island home,
(A minor) Our whaling (F major) done,
our mainmast sprung, (E major)
And (A minor) (E major) (A minor) (F major) (C minor) (G sharp major) (G minor) we
ain't got far (C minor) to roam;
(G minor) Our (C minor) stuns'l's bones (G sharp major) (G minor) is
(Gsus4) (G minor) carried (C minor) away,
What (G minor) (C minor) care (G minor) we (C minor) for
that (G minor) (C minor) sound,
A living gale is after (G minor) us,
Thank God we're (C minor)
homeward bound. (E major)
Verse 3
How soft (D minor) the (G sharpdim) breeze through
the (A minor) island (F major) trees,
(E major) Now the ice is far (G sharpdim) (A minor) as (D minor) tern,
Them native (E major) maids,
(G sharpdim) them (E major) trop (A minor) ical (F major) glades,
Is (E major) awaiting (G sharpdim) our (A minor) return;
Even now their big brown
(G major) eyes look out,
Hoping (F major) some fine day to (E major) see,
(D minor) Our baggy sails, (E major)
running 'fore (D minor) the (E major) gales, (A minor)
Rolling down to old Maui.
Verse 4
And now (G major) we're anchored in the bay
With the (F major) Kanaka's all (E major) (D minor) around (G sharpdim)
With (A minor) chant (F major) s and soft aloha (E major) (A minor) ois,
They (G major) greet us homeward bound;
And (F major) now ashore (E major) we'll (D minor) have (G sharpdim) some fun,
(D minor) (E major) (F major) (D minor) (E major) (A minor) (D minor)
We'll (E major) paint them beaches (A minor) (E major) red;
Awaken (F major) in (E major) (A minor) (F major) (E minor) (A minor) (F major) (E minor) (A minor) the (F major) arms
(E minor) (A minor) (F major) (E major) (E minor) of an (A minor) island (F major) (E minor) maid
With (A minor) (F major) (E major) (E minor) (A minor) a big (F major) fat aching (E minor) (A minor) head. (F major) (E major)
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