The Jeannie C

Bm A G D Come all ye lads, draw near to me, Bm A G D that I be not forsaken Bm A G This day was lost the Jeannie C A G and my living has been taken A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D We set out this day in the bright sunrise, Bm A G D the same as any other Bm A G My son and I and old John Price A G in the boat named for my mother A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D Now it's well you know what the fishing has been, Bm A G D it's been scarce and hard and cruel Bm A G But this day, by God, we sure caught cod, A G and we sang and we laughed like fools A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D I'll never know what it was we struck, Bm A G D but strike we did like thunder Bm A G John Price give a cry and pitched overside A G Now it's forever he's gone under A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D Now a leak we've sprung, let there be no delay Bm A G D if the Jeannie C we're saving Bm A G John Price is drown'd and slip'd away A G So I'll patch the hole while you're bailing A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D But no leak I found from bow to hold Bm A G D No rock it was that got her Bm A G But what I found made me heart stop cold, A G for every seam poured water A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D My God, I cried as she went down Bm A G D That boat was like no other Bm A G My father built her when I was nine, A G and named her for my mother A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D And sure I could have another made Bm A G D in the boat shop down in Dover Bm A G But I would not love the keel they laid A G like the one the waves roll over A D I'll go to sea no more Bm A G D So come all ye lads, draw near to me, Bm A G D that I be not forsaken Bm A G This day was lost the Jeannie C A G and my whole life has been taken A D I'll go to sea no more