Key: G major•
Verse 1
C
When I first went with
Uncle Sam
He whipped me till my
face turned green
That's the life of a sailor man,
G
C
he has to do the best he can
That's the life of a sailor man,
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C
G
C
he has to do the best he can
I found me a girl in Baltimore,
G
C
she gave me the key to her back
G
C
G
C
door
That's the life of a sailor man,
G
C
he has to do the Bench -Key -Gang
That's the life of a sailor man,
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C
G
he has to do the Bench -Key -Gang
G
C
She was one of them Cajun queens
We danced all night at the Roosevelt
I lost my girl and my money belt
That's the life of a sailor man
G
C
He has to do the best he can
That's the life of a sailor man,
G
C
he has to do the best he can
When I was in Los Angeles,
I found me a blonde that I loved to squeeze
I asked her if she'd marry me,
but she had a husband on the sea
That's the life of a sailor man,
G
C
he has to do the best he can
That's the life of a sailor man,
he has to do the best he can
We landed in Eureka Bay
G
C
and I found me a lovely moose a mate
She said she never liked Japan
until she found a sailor man
That's the life of a sailor man,
he has to do the best he can
That's the life of a sailor man,
G
C
he has to do the best he can
When I put up my twenty years,
I ain't gonna shed no salty tears
Find me a woman if I can,
who understands a sailor man
That's the life of a sailor man,
he has to do the best he can
That's the life of a sailor man,
he has to do the best he can.
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ChordsC G
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