Rounding the Horn chords by David Coffin

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Verse 1
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The gal (D major) lant frigate Amphitrite,
She lay in Plymouth sound,
Blew Peter at the foremast head,
For she was outward bound.
We were waiting there for orders
To send us far from home.
Our orders came for Rio,
And then surround Cape Horn.
When we arrived at Rio,
we prepared for heavy gales.
We set up all our rigging boys
and bent on all new sails.
From ship to ship they cheered us
as we did sail along,
And they wished us pleasant weather
in rounding of Cape Horn.
While beating off Magellan straight,
it blew exceeding hard.
While shortening sail to Gallantars,
they fell from the topsoil yard.
By angry seas the ropes we threw
from their poor hands were torn,
and we were forced to leave them
to the sharks that prowl
around Cape Horn.
When we got round the horn,
me boys,
we had some glorious days,
And very soon our killick dropped
in Valparaiso Bay.
Them pretty girls came down to us,
I solemnly declare,
They are far before the Plymouth girls,
with their long and curly hair.
They love a jolly sailor,
when he spends his money free.
They'll laugh and sing and marry,
marry be,
and have a jovial spree.
And when our money it is all gone,
they won't on you impose.
They are not like the Plymouth girls,
that'll pawn and sell your clothes.
Farewell to Valparaiso,
farewell for a while,
likewise to all the Spanish girls
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all on the coast of  (D major) Chile,
and if ever I live to be paid off,
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I'll sit and  (D major) sing this song, God bless
Just those pretty Spanish girls
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we left around  (D major) Cape Horn.