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Fare Away

Misc. Soundtrack

 
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 GCC/BDG
Verse 1:

 GCG
  Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard,
 CC/BA/C#D
  Jib sheet's haulin' to lee-ward hard.
 GCG
  Crosstree's hummin' a mornin' hymn,
 CC/BDG
  I'm the cabin boy; call me Jim.
 DG
  (His name's Jim).

Chorus 1:

 G
  Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
 CC/B
To the fur-be-low,
 DC/GG
Of the wily wha...le.

Verse 2:

 GCG
  Captain's stalking the quarter-deck,
 CC/BA/C#D
  Tells the tail of his first ship-wreck.
 GCG
  Castaway with a case of rum,
 CC/BDG
  Hoped that rescue would never come.
 DG
  (Never come).

Chorus 2:

 G
  Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
 CC/B
To the fur-be-low,
 DG
Of the wily whale.
 CC/B
To the fur-be-low,
 D
Of the wi-ly, wi-ly...

Interlude:

(Penny Whistle)

 GEmD/F#G
 C  C/B  A/C#  D,
 CC/BAmE
(Faster):

 CA/C#DG
Verse 3:

 GCG
  First mate Adam's a hardened man,
 CC/BA/C#D
  Says the captain's a charla-tan.
 GCG
  Don't know tackle from futtock plates,
 CC/BDG
He'll sail us into the Pear...ly Gates.

Chorus 3:

 G
  Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
 CC/B
To the fur-be-low,
 DC/GG
Of the wily wha...le.

Verse 4:

 GCG
  I been sailin' these seven seas,
 CC/BA/C#D
Since I's nigh high to a mermaid's knees.
 GCG
  Come next April I'm sixty-three,
 CC/BCC/B
I can't ad-vance! (I like short pants!)
 CC/BDG
  Safe in the cabin on the o-pen sea.

Chorus 4:

 G
  Fare away, fare away,
Under main topsail,
 CC/B
To the fur-be-low,
 DG
Of the wily whale.
 CC/B
To the fur-be-low,
 D
Of the wi-ly,
 C/GG
Wi-ly wha...le.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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 GCC/BDA/C#
 EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
 320003  x32010  x20010  xx0232  x42220

 EmD/F#AmE
 EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
 022000  2x0230  x02210  022100

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)


A/C# Am C C/B C/G D D/F# E Em G
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