Tom: G
Introdução: G C D D G
G
A crew of rowdy sailors
C
were telling tall tales
D
Stories of women, monsters
G
and places they had sailed
G
One Said you all know boys
C
I've seen the whold damn world
D
I think it's time that I go home
G
and see my darling girl
G
Once the cargos loaded
C
and we're on the ebbing tide
D
we'll set out to sea again
G
and on the wind we'll ride
G
The next ports my home port
C
Where the Swallows come in flocks
D
I've been waiting a lifetime
G
To kiss my baby on the dock
G
Five days out at sea
C
It was storming pretty hard
D
The sailor he climbed up the mast
G
and went out on the arm
G
Ariving just in time
C
as the stitching started to fail
D
Pulling hard and bleeding some
G
as he furled in the sail
G
The sailor was a strong man
C
But still he lost his grip
D
Falling through the darkness
G
Hit the deck like a ton of bricks
G
The crew all heard him yell out
C
and they were all in shock
D
He's been waiting a lifetime
G
To kiss his baby on the dock
G
They layed him in the Focsole
C
and waited for the news
D
The sergeon sail I'm sorry son
G
There's nothing I can do
G
The Sailor said come closer
C
As he lifted his weary head
D
The crew began to gather round
D
and this is what he said
(spoken)
G
Give my mother my wadges
C
Jack can have my knife
D
Sam you take my tars
G
When I give up my life
(sung)
G
My new home is calling boys
C
The gates have been unlocked
D
My baby will be lonesome
G
waiting for me on the dock
D
My Baby will be lonesome
G
Waiting for me on the dock