Key: E major
Verse 1
F
Oh the gist of it all is the first day
of fall is the day when my ship
Bb
Will set sail
C
The best of all friends will say good-bye
again again there's still time for
F
One last glass of ale
We'll sail away proudly,
C
our backs to the wall on a southwind and lots
F
C
Bb
Of good cheer
C
And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover,
We'll be in Bahama
F
Next year
From Bermuda on down the Triangle
C
F
around us will teach us a lesson or
Bb
Two
C
There's many a mate who unevenyly stated
the course he had charted was
F
True
"Don't worry 'bout me," he said "Go down below,
give a certified sailor
Bb
A turn,
C
Just sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say,
son you got
F
Something t' learn!"
Verse 2
F
C
F
It's a mighty hard way to come down
C
And a mighty fine way to be found
F
Bb
F
So hand me my grip from
Bb
an old sailing ship
F
Bb
C
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
With some luck tonight I might
F
have her at my fingertips
Verse 3
F
Oh the best of all things is the first day
of spring when when the water
Bb
Runs heavy and fast
C
The mermaids have all gone to
Davy Jones' Ball
And it seems their first trip
F
was their last
They had so much fun
They don't wish to return
To the beach where they
Bb
lay all day long
C
They'd rather stay under
And boy it's no wonder
F
When all the rock lobsters roll on
C
It's a mighty fine way to be found
F
Verse 4
Triangle Triangle
Oh see my ship dangle
C
Bb
We're bound for Bahama my friend
C
Like lovers like danger
Like babies like mangers
F
But that's where my storybook ends
Like soldiers of fortune, believers in God
C
F
C
Bb
And all kings without crosses to bear
C
All sweepers and cleaners
With no misdemeanors
F
Should try the triangle out there
Verse 5
F
C
F
It's a mighty hard way to come down
C
And a mighty fine way to be found
F
Bb
So hand me my grip
F
Bb
From an old sailing ship
F
Bb
C
Put the kiss of dawn on my lips
With some luck tonight
F
I might have her at my fingertips
Verse 6
F
When she took her last tumble
The sea bottom rumbled
Bb
There was no confusion or blame
C
The captain said "Men we must answer
again to the sea so ye may not
Complain"
F
And as they lay sleeping
down there in the deep
Bb
With their faces turned up to the stars
C
A tuna fish turned
To a mermaid in bed and said
F
"There goes another sandbar"
Verse 7
F
C
F
It's a mighty hard way to come down
C
And a mighty fine way to be found
F
Bb
So hand me my grip
F
Bb
From an old sailing ship
F
Bb
C
Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
With some luck tonight
F
I might have her at my fingertips
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb C
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