Forty Seven Ginger Headed Sailors
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
C C7 F
Now there's a good ship H.M.S Cockrobin
Bb A7 Dm
on a home trip up and down she's bobbin'
G C G C
Tho' the crew's pretty tough the weather's so rough
F C
they're all fed up and say that they've had more than enough
F
I've got a brother he's an able seaman
Bb A
and they call him Red-Haired Tom
G C G C
I wired to say "I'll meet you and with your pals I'll treat you"
G C
So who’d you think I've had a message from?
F C
forty-seven ginger-headed sailors Coming home across the briny sea!
F Dm
When the anchor's weighed and the journey's made
G7 C7
Then they'll start the party with a "Heave-ho me hearty!"
F
When there's forty-seven ginger-headed sailors
D7 Gm
you can bet you're going to hear them when they hail us
And as they step ashore, there'll be one mighty roar
C C7 F
from forty-seven ginger-headed sailors!
F C F Dm G7 C7 F D7
Gm
An old maid down in Devon said "My idea of Heaven
C F
is forty-seven ginger-headed sailors!"
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