Key: E major
Verse 1
F#
Oh the gist of it all is the first day
of fall is the day when my ship
B
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#
B
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 les son or
B
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
B
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#
B
F#
So hand me my grip from
B
an old sailing ship
F#
B
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
B
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
B
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#
B
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#
B
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#
B
So hand me my grip
F#
B
From an old sailing ship
F#
B
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
B
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
B
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#
B
So hand me my grip
F#
B
From an old sailing ship
F#
B
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# B C#
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