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Key: D major
Verse 1
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When I was a young boy
I wanted to sail around the world
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That's the life for me, living on the sea
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Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
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The lust of a pioneer,
will acknowledge no frontier
Pre-chorus 1
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I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
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Lightning flash, tempers flare
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'Round the horn if you dare
Chorus 1
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I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
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Verse 2
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Aotearoa, rugged individual
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Glisten like a pearl, at the bottom of the world
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The tyranny of distance
didn't stop the cavalier
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So why should it stop me
I'll conquer and stay free
Pre-chorus 2
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Ah c'mon all you lads, let's forget and forgive
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There's a world to explore,
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tales to tell back on shore
Chorus 2
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I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat
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Interlude 1
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Interlude 2
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Pre-chorus 3
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Ship-wrecked love can be cruel
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Don't be fooled by her kind
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There's a wind in my sails
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Will protect and pre vail
Chorus 3
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I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to it leaky boat
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Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]

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