Sailor Boy chords by The Bothy Band

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) It was  (A major) early,
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 (D major) early, all  (A major) in the  (D major) spring
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When  (A major) my love
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Willy went to  (D major) serve the
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The night being dark  (G major) and
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 (A major) the  (D major) wind flew  (A major) high,
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Which parted  (D major) me from my  (A major) sinner  (D major) wife.
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O  (A major) father,  (D major) father, build  (A major) me a  (D major) boat
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For  (A major) on the ocean I  (D major) mean to  (A major) float
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To watch the bigger ships as they  (D major) pass  (A major) by
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For I might in (D major) quire for my  (A major) sailor  (D major) wife  (A major)  (D major) 
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She  (A major) had not  (D major) sailed it for  (A major) the week or  (D major) two
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When she  (A major) spied a  (Asus4) captain  and  (D major) all his  (A major) crew
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Oh, captain,  (Asus4) captain, come  (D major) tell me  (A major) true
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Does my lonely  (D major) sail on  (A major) o 'er with  (D major) you?
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What  (A major) was the  (D major) colour of your  (A major) windy  (D major) sail?
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What  (A major) was the  (Asus4) colour   does your  (D major) windy wear?  (A major) 
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A round blue  (Asus4) jacket   and
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these  (D major) trousers white  (A major) 
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And this curly hair  (D major) was my  (A major) heart's de (D major) light  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (Asus4)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (Asus4)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Oh  (A major) fair maid,  (G major) fair maid, he  (D major) is not  (A major) here
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For his lusts are  (G major) drowned and I  (D major) am afraid  (A major) 
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For any unbreed  (G major) islanders  (D major) we passed  (A major) by
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T 'was there we  (G major) lost a fine  (Asus4)  (D major) sailor  (A major) boy
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She wrung her  (Asus4) hands
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and  (A major) she  (D major) tore her  (A major) hair
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Just like a lady in  (D major) deep des (A major) pair
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She called for paper, both  (D major) pen and  (A major) ink
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And every  (Asus4) line she did  (A major) drop a  (Asus4) tear,
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And  (A major) every  (Asus4) word  (D major) she calls  (A major) my name.  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) So father,  (A major)  (D major) father, go  (A major) dig my  (D major) grave
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Go  (A major) dig it long and go  (D major) dig it  (A major) wide
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Blessed marble stone,  (Asus4) 
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at  (A major) my  (D major) head and  (A major) feet,
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that the world may  (D major) know that I  (A major) died
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 (D major) in grief.  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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