Chords:
{t: Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate }
{key: G}
{artist: Shantykoor Blankenberge}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8la51PW2m7I
{c: }
[G] Safe and sound at [C] home a-[G] gain
[C] Let the [D] waters roar, [G] Jack
[G] Safe and sound at [C] home a-[G]gain
[C] Let the [D] waters roar, [G] Jack
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
[G] Since we sailed from [C] Plymouth [G] Sound
[C] Four years [D] gone, or [G] nigh, Jack
[G] Was there ever [C] chummies, [G] now
[C] Such as [D] you and [G] I, Jack?
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
[G] We have worked the [C] self-same [G] gun:
[C] Quarter-[D] deck di-[G]vision
[G] Sponger I and [C] loader [G] you
[C] Through the [D] whole co-[G]mmission
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
[G] Oftentimes have [C] we laid [G] out
[C] toil nor [D] danger [G] fearing,
[G] Tugging out the [C] flapping [G] sail
[C] to the [D] weather [G] earing
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
[G] When the middle [C] watch was [G] on
[C] And the [D] time went [G] slow, boy
[G] Who could choose a [C] rousing [G] stave
[C] Who like [D] Jack or [G] Joe, boy?
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
[G] There she swings, an [C] empty [G] hulk
[C] Not a [D] soul be-[G]low now
[G] Number seven [C] starboard [G] mess
[C] Misses [D] Jack and [G] Joe now
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
[G] But the best of [C] friends must [G] part
[C] Fair or [D] foul the [G] weather
[G] Hand yer flipper [C] for a [G] shake
[C] Now a [D] drink to-[G]gether
[G] Long we've tossed on the rolling main
[C] Now we're safe a-[D]shore, Jack
[G] Don't forget your [C] old ship-[G]mate
[G] Fal dee ral dee ral dee [D] rye eye [G] doe!
