Chords:
{t: Last Shanty, The }
{key: C}
{artist:Derina Harvey Band}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzjCOz4Z2fI capo 2
{c: Thanks to frans.vanuytv Ultimate Guitar}
Well, me [C] father often told me when [C] I was just a lad:
a [C] sailor's life is very hard, the [G] food is always bad.
But, [C] now I've joined the Navy, I'm a-[C] board a man-o-war,
and [C] now I've found a sailor ain't a [Am] sailor [G] any-[C]more.
Don't [C] haul on the rope, don't [C] climb up the mast,
[C] if you see a [Am] sailing ship it [D7] might be your [G7] last.
Just [C] get your civvies ready for a-[C]nother run ashore,
a [C] sailor ain't a [Am] sailor, ain't a [F] sailor [G] any-[C]more.
[C] [C]
[C] [Am] [F] [G] [C]
Well, the [C] killick of our mess, he [C] says we had it soft,
it [C] wasn't like that in his day when [G] we were up aloft.
We [C] like our bunks and sleeping bags but [C] what's a hammock for?
[C] Swinging from the deckhead, or [F] lying on the [C] floor?
Don't [C] haul on the rope, don't [C] climb up the mast,
[C] if you see a [Am] sailing ship it [D7] might be your [G7] last.
Just [C] get your civvies ready for a-[C]nother run ashore,
a [C] sailor ain't a [Am] sailor, ain't a [F] sailor [G] any-[C]more.
[C] [C]
[C] [Am] [F] [G] [C]
They [C] gave us an engine that [C] first went up and down,
[C] then with more technology the [G] engine went around.
We [C] know our steam and diesels but [C] what's a mainyard for?
A [C] stoker ain't a stoker with a [F] shovel[G] any-[C]more.
Don't [C] haul on the rope, don't [C] climb up the mast,
[C] if you see a [Am] sailing ship it [D7] might be your [G7] last.
Just [C] get your civvies ready for a-[C]nother run ashore,
a [C] sailor ain't a [Am] sailor, ain't a [F] sailor [G] any-[C]more.
[C] [C]
[C] [Am] [F] [G] [C]
They [C] gave us an Aldiss Lamp, so, [C] we could do it right,
they [C] gave us a radio, we [G] signaled day and night.
We [C] know our codes and cyphers but [C] what's a sema for?
A [C]* bunting-tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore.
Don't [C] haul on the rope, don't [C] climb up the mast,
[C] if you see a [Am] sailing ship it [D7] might be your [G7] last.
Just [C] get your civvies ready for a-[C]nother run ashore,
a [C] sailor ain't a [Am] sailor, ain't a [F] sailor [G] any-[C]more.
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[D] [D]
[D]* Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot,
and [NC] now we've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot.
So, [D]* we'll [D]* put on our civvy-clothes [D]* find [D]* a pub ashore.
A [D]* sailor's just a sailor just like he was before.
Don't [D] haul on the rope, don't [D] climb up the mast,
[D] if you see a [Bm] sailing ship it [E7] might be your [A7] last.
Just [D] get your civvies ready for a-[D]nother run ashore,
a [D] sailor ain't a [Bm] sailor, ain't a [G] sailor [A] any-[D]more.
Don't [D] haul on the rope, don't [D] climb up the mast,
[D] if you see a [Bm] sailing ship it [E7] might be your [A7] last.
Just [D] get your civvies ready for a-[D]nother run ashore,
A [D] sailor ain't a [Bm] sailor, ain't a [G] sailor [A] any-[D]more.
A [D] sailor ain't a [Bm] sailor, ain't a [G] sailor [A] any-[D]more.
A [D] sailor ain't a [Bm] sailor, ain't a [G] sailor [A] any-[D]more.
