This is the chords of The Last Shanty by Derina Harvey Band on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
C
Well, me father often told
C
me when I was just a lad:
C
a sailor\'s life is very hard,
G
the food is always bad.
C
But, now I\'ve joined the
C
Navy, I\'m aboard a man-o-war,
C
and now I\'ve found a sailor
Am* G* C
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
[Chorus]
C
Don\'t haul on the rope,
C
don\'t climb up the mast,
C Am
if you see a sailing ship
D7 G7
it might be your last.
C
Just get your civvies ready
C
for another run-ashore,
C Am
a sailor ain\'t a sailor,
F G C
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
C C
C Am F G C
[Verse 2]
C
Well, the killick of our mess,
C
he says we had it soft,
C
it wasn\'t like that in his
G
day when we were up aloft.
C
We like our bunks and sleeping
C
bags but what\'s a hammock for?
C
Swinging from the deckhead,
Am G C
or lying on the floor?
[Chorus]
C
Don\'t haul on the rope,
C
don\'t climb up the mast,
C Am
if you see a sailing ship
D7 G7
it might be your last.
C
Just get your civvies ready
C
for another run-ashore,
C Am
a sailor ain\'t a sailor,
F G C
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
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[Interlude]
C C
C Am F G C
[Verse 3]
C
They gave us an engine that
C
first went up and down,
C
then with more technology
G
the engine went around.
C
We know our steam and diesels
C
but what\'s a mainyard for?
C
A stoker ain\'t a stoker with
Am G C
a shovel anymore.
[Chorus]
C
Don\'t haul on the rope,
C
don\'t climb up the mast,
C Am
if you see a sailing ship
D7 G7
it might be your last.
C
Just get your civvies ready
C
for another run-ashore,
C Am
a sailor ain\'t a sailor,
F G C
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
C C
C Am F G C
[Verse 4]
C
They gave us an Aldiss Lamp,
C
so, we could do it right,
C
they gave us a radio, we
G
signaled day and night.
C
We know our codes and cyphers
C
but what\'s a sema for?
C*
A bunting-tosser doesn\'t
toss the bunting anymore.
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[Chorus]
C
Don\'t haul on the rope,
C
don\'t climb up the mast,
C Am
if you see a sailing ship
D7 G7
it might be your last.
C
Just get your civvies ready
C
for another run-ashore,
C Am
a sailor ain\'t a sailor,
F G C
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
F F F C
F F C F
F F F C
F F C F
Dm Dm C C
Dm Dm C Dm
Dm Dm C C
Dm Dm C Am
F F F C
F F C F
F F F C
F F Bb C F
[Interlude]
D D
[Verse 5]
D*
Two cans of beer a day and
that\'s your bleeding lot,
and now we\'ve got an extra
one because they stopped The Tot.
D* D*
So, we\'ll put on our
D* D*
civvy-clothes find a pub ashore.
D*
A sailor\'s just a sailor
just like he was before.
[Chorus]
D
Don\'t haul on the rope,
D
don\'t climb up the mast,
D Bm
if you see a sailing ship
E7 A7
it might be your last.
D
Just get your civvies ready
D
for another run-ashore,
D Bm
a sailor ain\'t a sailor,
G A D
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
[End-Chorus]
D
Don\'t haul on the rope,
D
don\'t climb up the mast,
D Bm
if you see a sailing ship
E7 A7
it might be your last.
D
Just get your civvies ready
D
for another run-ashore,
D Bm
a sailor ain\'t a sailor,
G A D
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
D Bm
A sailor ain\'t a sailor,
G A D
ain\'t a sailor anymore.
D Bm
A sailor ain\'t a sailor,
G A D D*
ain\'t a sailor anymore.