Key: G
Introduction:
G C G
Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard.
C C/B A/C# 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 A/C# D
Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.
G C G
Castaway with a case of rum.
C C/B D G 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
Bridge: (Penny Whistle)
G Em D/F# G C C/B A/C#
G Em D/F# G C C/B C C/B Am Em D/F#
G C G
First mate Adam's a hardened man.
C C/B A/C# 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 A/C# 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!)
C C/B D G
Safe in the cabin on the o-pen sea.
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 C/G G
To the fur-be-low of the wi-ly, wi-ly wha...le.