The Jolly Captain chords by JAKE THACKRAY
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E major) (A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (E major)
Verse 1
There once (A minor) was an old captain
who (D minor) wished noth (G major) ing more
(C major) than to (A minor) live again
his voyages and (E major) walk by the seashore
A simple (A minor) man and a good man,
(D minor) but the bane of his (C major) life
Was his (A minor) ill -tempered,
bad (E major) -hearted bitch of a wife
(A minor) Oh, (F major) the jolly (C major) captain
was (F major) plagued by her bile
(C major) He (F major) smoked his long pipe
(E major) and he smiled upon her tenderly
(A minor) He didn't like (F major) her much,
but he (C major) loved her,
des (F major) pite her rough (C major) tongue
The (F major) way -faced old (E major) nine -bagger'd been
His pretty (A minor) darling once (G major) (A minor) (E major) (F major) (E major)
She (A minor) fell down her staircase,
(D minor) she fractured her (C major) neck
She (A minor) lay upon her linoleum
in a (E major) black apoplexy
(A minor) Her baleful eyes bulged
with unspeak (D minor) able abuse
(C major) It (A minor) seems that her spleen
had been (E major) overproducing
So (F major) the jolly (C major) captain carried (F major) her to bed
(C major) Close (F major) your poor (A minor) eyes, he (E major) said,
sleep a little (A minor) peaceably
He (F major) brought her fresh (C major) butter
and (F major) cool watercress
(C major) Viol (F major) et and (E major) peppermint
to soothe her heart's bitter (A minor) ness (G major) (F major)
(E major) From her (A minor) deathbed she said,
if you (D minor) marry when I (C major) die
I'll (A minor) crawl from my coffin
to haunt (E major) you vexatiously
With a (A minor) howl and a scowl
and with (D minor) a shudder and a (C major) shake
She (A minor) spat out her peppermint
and went to (E major) vex her (A minor) maker
Her un (F major) happy captain, (C major)
so sad (F major) when she died
(C major) He (F major) closed her wild (E major) eyes
and he cried a bit on the Friday
(A minor) But he (F major) saw no good reas (C major) on
for (F major) wasting away
(C major) So he (F major) married an (E major) apple -cheeked girl
on the Saturday (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (E major) (F major)
(E major) Alas, (A minor) jolly captain,
(D minor) you're married too (C major) soon
She'll (A minor) come to torment you
from under (E major) neath her tombstone
She'll (A minor) scratch and she'll claw
her way (D minor) up from (G major) the (C major) grave
Hack (A minor) ing her way back again
with furi (E major) ous fin (A minor) gernails
(F major) No, said the jolly (C major) captain,
she'll (F major) stay in her place
(C major) She can scratch, (F major) she can scrape
(E major) till she's black in the (A minor) face
No, she won't (F major) come to
(C major) haunt me and (F major) taunt me
I (C major) know, cause I (F major) buried her
face (E major) down wet
She's a long way to go
(A minor) No, she (F major) won't come to
(C major) haunt me and (F major) taunt me
I (C major) know, cause I (F major) buried her
face (E major) down wet
She's a long way to go (A minor) you
The Jolly Captain
JAKE THACKRAY
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