Key: G major
Verse 1
G
Em
A big tin box of books and writing paper
Am
C
to be kept dry
Am
C
A
I won it as a prize at school
Em
C#dim
Three bis cuit tins with
A
C#dim
bread and tea
Em
C
Salted bread, lots and lots of eggs
G
Em
A frying pan, a saucepan and a kettle
Stain plates and spoons
Two ground sheets with
tents wrapped up inside
A seed cake,
Em
C#dim
Em
Two sacks stuffed with
blankets and rugs
D
C
D
G
C
F#dim
E
I think we have all that we need
Fm
Em
Am
Em
C
G
C
G
C
D
E
A
Em
C
Swallow, I don't know what I
Bm
G
There's barely a day that goes by,
Em
Am
I don't picture you in my mind,
C
D
Bm
and smile.
E
A
Swallow, swallow,
Em
C
Em
C
I almost think you're alive.
B
Ebdim
F#dim
Sometimes, when
B
G
I am lost and confused
C
A
You seem to know what to do,
D
C
don't you?
D
C
G
Swallow, hoist up the mainsail,
C
F#dim
haul in the anchor,
F
Em
Am
make fast the haul yard, let go the painter
C
G
Bm
G
C
G
So it's time we put to sleep
C
D
G
And set the swallow free
Farewell and adieu to you
C
Am
Adieu and farewell to you, ladies of Spain
A
Em
For we're under orders to sail
C#dim
Em
to old England
G
Em
the English channel
C
G
D
C
D
G
C
from our facilities, 35 leagues
F#dim
F#m
F#dim
Fm
Em
Am
C
G
C
G
C
D
E
A
Em
So low, the wind blows through
C
D
There in the east, feel the breeze
Em
Am
Ever to be set afloat
C
D
Show them
A
Em
C
Swallow, we'll follow you to the
B
Ebdim
Adim
end of the world
Ebdim
Bm
D
G
And now that the wind's in your sails
C
A
We know that we'll never fail
G
C
haul in the anchor
F#dim
F
Make fast the haul yard,
Em
Am
let go the painter
C
Bm
C
It's time to put to sea
Bm
G
C
Em
D
Bm
D
An d set the swallow free
G
Gm
Eb
Fm
Bb
Eb
G
C
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