Valparaiso Round the Horn chords by The Irish Rovers

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Verse 1
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Was a cold and frosty
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morning in December
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When all of me money it was spent
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C 
Oh where it went to the lo
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g I can't remember
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So I down to the shipping office went

Verse 2
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Sing Paddy lay back
(Paddy lay back)
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Take up yer' slack
(Iake up yer slack)
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Take a turn around your capstan,
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haul away! (Haul away!)
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All ship stations boys be handy
For we're bound
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for Valaparaiso round the horn!

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Verse 3

That day there was a great

demand for sailors

For colonies, for Frisco and for France

So I signed aboard the limey

barque the Hotspur

And got paralytic drunk on me advance

Verse 4
C 
Sing Paddy lay back (Paddy lay back)
G 
Take up yer' slack
(Iake up yer slack)
A 
Take a turn around your capstan,
D 
haul away! (Haul away!)
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C 
G 
All ship stations boys be handy
D 
For we're bound for
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Valaparaiso round the horn!

Verse 5
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Well now I woke up in the
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morning stippin' sore
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D 
And I knew that I was on me way again
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Oh when I heard a voice
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kickin' in the door
"Harry get up to yer bugger
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and answer to yer name!"

Verse 6
C 
Sing Paddy lay back (Paddy lay back)
G 
Take up yer' slack
(Iake up yer slack)
A 
Take a turn around your capstan,
D 
haul away! (Haul away!)
G 
C 
G 
All ship stations boys be handy
D 
For we're bound for
G 
D 
Valaparaiso round the horn!

Verse 7
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I wish that I was at the Jolly SailorSing Paddy
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D 
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C 
D 
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lay back
(Paddy lay back)
D 
C 
G 
C 
G 
Take up yer' slack
(Iake up yer slack)
D 
G 
C 
G 
Take a turn around your capstan,
D 
G 
haul away! (Haul away!)
C 
All ship stations boys be handy
G 
A 
For we're bound
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C 
G 
C 
G 
for Valaparaiso round the horn!

Verse 8
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I wish that I was at the Jolly Sailor
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D 
Along with Irish Molly drinking beer
Then I thought,
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"What jolly lads were sailors?"
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Then with me flipper I wiped away a tear

Verse 9
C 
Sing Paddy lay back
(Paddy lay back)
G 
Take up yer' slack
(Iake up yer slack)
A 
Take a turn around your capstan,
D 
haul away! (Haul away!)
G 
C 
G 
All ship stations boys be handy
D 
For we're bound for
G 
Valaparaiso round the horn!

Verse 10
C 
Sing Paddy lay back (Paddy lay back)
G 
Take up yer' slack
(Iake up yer slack)
A 
Take a turn around your capstan,
D 
haul away! (Haul away!)
G 
C 
G 
All ship stations boys be handy
D 
For we're bound for
G 
Valaparaiso round the horn!
Oh yes we're bound for San
D 
G 
Francisco around the horn!