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