Brisbane Harbour
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Prick your finger, it is done
N.C.
Turn your face into the sun
N.C.
Roll her out and spread her wings
N.C.
The time has come for better things
N.C.
All down to Brisbane Harbour
Dm Am
Face the cold and bitter spray
F Dm
Strain your muscles pine away
Bb F
For the day we go ashore
C
To see the faces we adore
Dm C Dm
All down to Brisbane Harbour
[Chorus]
Dm
So Jump up Jack, get down
Dm N.C.
Jump up Jack, get down
Bb F
Heave away your capstan, bullies
Am
All aboard the flying Jenny
Dm C Dm
Down to Brisbane Harbour
[Verse 2]
Dm Am
Liza fair and Judy Lee
F Dm
Balancing upon your knee
Bb F
That gin and whiskey flowing free
C
A gentle breeze from off the sea
Dm C Dm
Right down to Brisbane Harbour
Dm Am
But boys, I know you are aware
Am F Dm
Queensland girls are fierce and fair
Bb F
That pretty hand upon your knee
C
Could be the last thing that you see
Dm C Dm
In good old Brisbane Harbour
[Chorus]
Dm
So Jump up Jack, get down
Dm N.C.
Jump up Jack, get down
Bb F
Heave away your capstan, bullies
Am
All aboard the flying Jenny
Dm C Dm
Down to Brisbane Harbour
[Verse 3]
Dm Am
Leviathan was on the deep
Am F Dm
Around us nightly he would creep
Bb F
Rose up like a bugaboo
C
And smashed a gunwale clean in two
Dm C Dm
All down to Brisbane Harbour
Dm Am
Huxley got him on his side
Am F Dm
Dragged him around upon the tide
Bb F
But he snatched up clean away
C
And lived to prowl another day
Dm C Dm
All down to Brisbane Harbour
[Chorus]
Dm
So Jump up Jack, get down
Dm N.C.
Jump up Jack, get down
Bb F
Heave away your capstan, bullies
Am
All aboard the flying Jenny
Dm C Dm
Down to Brisbane Harbour
[Verse 4]
Dm Am
Coral Sea is rolling strong
Am F Dm
West wind batters us along
Bb F
When upon the morning light
F C
Fair Morton island hoves in sight
Dm C Dm
Down to Brisbane Harbour
Dm Am
Eleven weeks from Plymouth town
Am F Dm
To the horn and straight around
Bm F
But neither wind nor rolling tide
F C
Can match the dangers here inside
Dm C Dm
Of good old Brisbane Harbour
[Chorus]
Dm
So Jump up Jack, get down
Dm N.C.
Jump up Jack, get down
Bb F
Heave away your capstan, bullies
Am
All aboard the flying Jenny
Dm C Dm
Down to Brisbane Harbour
Dm
So Jump up Jack, get down
Dm N.C.
Jump up Jack, get down
Bb F
Heave away your capstan, bullies
Am
All aboard the flying Jenny
Dm C Dm
Down to Brisbane Harbour
How to play Brisbane Harbour
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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