Chords
Blow The Wind Southerly

Key: C

Introduction:  C   F   C   F   G   C  

 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                                           F           G       C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                             F         G   C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me
verse 1
 C                                 G                               C                       G 
They told me last night there were ships in the offing
         C                 G                     D                       G 
And I hurried down to the deep rolling sea
               F                         C                   G                   C 
But my eye could not see it wherever might be it
                                       F                   G               C 
The barque that is bearing my lover to me
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                                         F         G       C 
Blow the wind south that my lover may come
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                               F                 G       C 
Blow bonnie breeze and bring him safe home
verse 2
 C                           G                           C                       G 
I stood by the lighthouse the last time we parted
           C                         G                         D                       G 
Till darkness came down o'er the deep rolling sea
               F               C                           G                       C 
And no longer I saw the bright barque of my lover
                         F                   G                       C 
Blow bonnie breeze and bring him to me
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                                           F           G       C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                             F         G   C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me
verse 3
 C                 G               C                       G 
Is it not sweet to hear breezes blowing
       C                       G                         D                       G 
As lightly they come o'er the deep rolling sea
         F                     C                 G                         C 
But sweeter and dearer by far when 'tis bearing
                                   F                       G                 C 
The barque of my true love in safety to me
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                                         F         G       C 
Blow the wind south that my lover may come
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                               F                 G       C 
Blow bonnie breeze and bring him safe home
verse 4
 C                                 G                                 C                           G 
My sweetheart had fared through the winter quite unfriendly
         C                   G                     D                       G 
His ship came along in the early spring tide
               F                       C                 G                         C 
Now my heartache is ended all rifts are now ended
                             F                         G                   C 
My lover will soon be right here by my side
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                                           F           G       C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                             F         G   C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me
Verse 5
 C                                       G           C                     G 
The ships there were many a blowing and bowing
         C                         G                     D                 G 
And bending right o'er in the salty sea foam
                 F                 C                   G               C 
'Til my eye did behold it as many had told it
                                   F                   G                   C 
The great bonnie ship of my lover come home
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                                           F           G       C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea
 C                                             F                 C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly
                                             F         G   C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me