Round cape horn chords by Alex Campbell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Music  (A major) 
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 (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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Her  (A major) gal (G major) lant  (A major) ship, the
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Am (E minor) phitrite, she lay  (D major) in
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 (A major) Plymouth's
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The pitcher at  (G major) the foremast's  (A major) head,
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for  (D major) she was  (G major) outward bound  (A major) 
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We were waiting there for  (E minor) or (A major) ders
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To  (D major) send us far  (E minor) from  (G major) home  (A major) 
Our orders came for
Rio
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 (E minor) And thence  (A major) around  (E minor) 
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 (E major) Cape
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 (A major) Horn  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
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When we  (G major)  (A major) arrived at
Rio
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 (G major) We prepared for  (D major) heavy  (A major) gales
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We set up all  (E minor) the rigging  (A major) boys
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and  (G major) bent on all new  (E minor) sails
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From ship  (A major) to ship  (G major) they  (A major) cheered
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us as  (G major) we did sail along  (A major) 
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And  (G major) wished us pleasant  (A major) weather  (E minor) 
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in  (A major) the round (E minor) ing of  (A major) 
Cape
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Martian  (G major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (A major) When beating off
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Magel (E minor) lan, it blew exceed (G major) ing  (A major) hard
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While shortening sail  (G major) to
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Galantars,  (A major) fell from  (D major) the
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 (E minor) Topsail
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Yard  (A major) 
By angry
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Caesar,  (E minor)  (A major) hopes we threw,
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 (G major) From their poor  (D major) hands  (B minor) was torn.  (A major) 
We were forced to leave them,
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 (E minor) For the shirts that prowl around
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 (A major) Cape
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Horn.  (G major)  (A major) 
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When we got around the horn, me  (G major) boys,
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We had  (E minor) some glorious days.  (A major) 
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And very soon  (G major) our  (A major) killick dropped into
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 (D major) Valparaiso  (G major) 
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Bay  (A major) 
The pretty girls came round and flocked,
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I  (D major) solemnly declare  (A major) 
They're far before the
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Ply (E minor) mouth girls with their long
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and their  (A major) curly hair  (G major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (A major) For they love a jolly sailor  (E minor) 
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When  (A major) he spends his money free
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They'll laugh and  (G major) sing and  (A major) merry,
merry be
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And  (G major) have a jovial spree  (A major) 
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And when your  (G major) money is  (A major) all gone
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They  (D major) won't on you  (B minor) impose  (A major) 
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They're not  (D major) like  (A major) the
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Ply (E minor) mouth girls
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That'll  (D major) pawn and  (A major) sell your clothes.  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Farewell to
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Valparaiso  (E minor) and farewell
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for  (A major) a while
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Likewise to all  (G major) you
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Span (A major) ish girls along  (D major) the coast  (B minor) of
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China  (A major) 
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And if ever I  (G major) live to  (A major) be paid off,
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I'll sit  (D major) and I'll  (B minor) sing the song  (A major) 
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God bless those pretty  (A major) 
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Spanish  (E minor) girls we  (A major) left around
Cape
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 (G major) Horn
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 (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) 