Fare Away

G C G Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard, C C/B A7 D Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard. G C G Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn, C C/B D G D G I'm the cabin boy; call me Jim. (His name's Jim). G Fare away, fare away, under main topsail, C C/B D C/G G To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le. G C G Captain's stalking the quarter-deck, C C/B A7 D Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck. G C G Castaway with a case of rum, C C/B D G Hoped that rescue would never come, (never come). G Fare away, fare away, under main topsail, C C/B D G To the fur-be-low of the wily whale. C C/B D To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly... G C G First mate Adam's a hardened man, C C/B A7 D Says the captain's a charla-tan. G C G Don't know tackle from futtock plates, C C/B D G He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates. G Fare away, fare away, under main topsail, C C/B D C/G G To the fur-be-low of the wily wha...le. G C G I been sailin' these seven seas, C C/B A7 D Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees. G C G Come next April I'm sixty-three, C C/B C C/B I can't ad-vance! I like short pants! Am Em D/F# G Safe in the cabin on the open sea. C C/B D G Safe in the cabin on the open sea. Chorus 4: G Fare away, fare away, under main topsail, C C/B C C/B To the fur-be-low of, to the fur-be-low of. C C/B D C/G G To the fur-be-low of the wily, wi-ly wha...le.