The Good Ship Kangaroo
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Afinação: D A D G A DTecla: GCapotraste:
5th traste
[Verse 1]
D G D/B D/C# D5
Once I was a waiting man who lived at home at ease
D5 Bm G A D
Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas
D G D/B D/C# D5
I always loved seafaring life I bid my love adieu
D5 Bm G A D
I shipped as steward and cook me boys on board the kangaroo
[Chorus]
D G D/B D/C# D5
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
D5 Bm G A D
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo
[Verse 2]
D G D/B D/C# D5
Think of me oh think of me she mournfully did say
D5 Bm G A D
When you are in a foreign land and I am far away
D G D/B D/C# D5
And take this lucky thrupenny bit it will make you bear in mind
D5 Bm G A D
This loving trusting faithful heart you left in tears behind
[Verse 3]
D G D/B D/C# D5
Cheer up, cheer up my own true love don’t weep so bitterly
D5 Bm G A D
She sobbed she sighed she choked she cried, she could not say goodbye
D G D/B D/C# D5
I won’t be gone for very long, ‘tis but a month or two
D5 Bm G A D
And when I return again of course I’ll visit you
[Chorus]
D G D/B D/C# D5
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
D5 Bm G A D
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo
[Verse 4]
D G D/B D/C# D5
Our ship it was homeward bound from many’s the foreign shore
D5 Bm G A D
And many’s the foreign present unto my love I bore
D G D/B D/C# D5
I brought tortoises from Tenerife and ties from Timbuktu
D5 Bm G A D
A China rat, a Bengal cat and a Bombay cockatoo
[Verse 5]
D G D/B D/C# D5
Paid off I sought her dwelling on a street above the town
D5 Bm G A D
Where an ancient dame upon the line was hanging out her gown
D G D/B D/C# D5
Where is my love? she’s vanished sir about six months ago
D5 Bm G A D
With a smart young man who drives the van for Chaplin Son & Co.
[Chorus]
D G D/B D/C# D5
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
D5 Bm G A D
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo
[Verse 6]
D G D/B D/C# D5
Here’s a health to dreams of married life to soap ‘n’ suds and blue
D5 Bm G A D
Heart’s true love and patent starch and washing soda too
D G D/B D/C# D5
Ill go unto some foreign shore, no longer can I stay
D5 Bm G A D
With some China Hottentot I’ll throw my life away
[Verse 7]
D G D/B D/C# D5
My love she was no foolish girl her age it was two score
D5 Bm G A D
My love she was no spinster she’d been married twice before
D G D/B D/C# D5
I cannot say it was her wealth that stole my heart away
D5 Bm G A D
She’s a boiler in the laundry for one and nine a day
[Chorus]
D G D/B D/C# D5
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
D5 Bm G A D
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo
D G D/B D/C# D5
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
D5 Bm G A D
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo
How to play The Good Ship Kangaroo
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.