Wellerman chords by
The Rumpled 
Key: C minor•
Verse 1
Cm
There once was a ship that put to sea
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Cm
The name of the ship was the Billy O' Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
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Cm
Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh)
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Eb
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm
Cm
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab
Eb
One day, when the tonguing is done
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
We'll take our leave and go
Ab
Eb
Fm
Cm
Ab
Eb
Fm
G
Cm
She'd not been two weeks from shore
Fm
Cm
When down on her a right whale bore
The captain called all hands and swore
G
Cm
He'd take that whale in tow (huh)
Ab
Eb
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm
Cm
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab
Eb
One day, when the tonguing is done
Cm
G
We'll take our leave and go
Da- da- da- da- da
Cm
Da- da- da- da- da- da- da
Da- da- da- da- da-
da- da- da- da- da- da
Before the boat had hit the water
Fm
The whale's tail came up
Cm
and caught her
cll hands to the side,
harpooned and fought her
G
Cm
When she dived down low (huh)
Ab
Eb
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm
Cm
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab
Eb
One day, when the tonguing is done
Fm
G
Cm
Ab
Eb
Fm
Cm
Ab
Eb
We'll take our leave
Cm
G
Cm
Ab
Eb
Fm
Cm
Ab
Eb
and go
Fm
G
Cm
No line was cut, no whale was freed
Fm
The cap tain's mind
Cm
was not of greed
cnd he belonged to
the Whaleman's creed
G
Cm
Ab
She took that ship in tow (huh)
Eb
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm
Cm
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab
Eb
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
Cm
Da- da- da- da- da
G
Da- da- da- da- da- da- da
Cm
Da- da- da- da- da- da- da- da- da- da- da
For forty days or even more
The line went slack then
tight once more
cll boats were lost, there were only four
But still that whale did
go (huh)
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguing is done
We'll take our leave and go
cs far as I've heard, the fight's still on
The line's not cut,
and the whale's not gone
The Wellerman makes his
regular call
To encourage the captain,
crew and all (huh)
Ab
Eb
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm
Cm
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab
Eb
One day, when the tonguing is done
Cm
G
Cm
We'll take our leave and go
Ab
Eb
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm
Cm
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab
Eb
One day, when the tonguing is done
Fm
Cm
We'll take our leave and go
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsCm Fm G Ab Eb
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Capo: 3
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