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