Falmouth Shanty Festival 2018 - Longest Johns - The Wellerman Chords
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
B
Db
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Db] There once was a ship that put to sea,
And the name [Gb] of that ship was Ability.
[B] The winds blew hard and bowed it down,
The blow made fully boys blow.
Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To [Bb] bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One [B]
day when the tonguing is [Eb] done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
She had not been two [B] weeks from shore,
When [Ab] down on her a right whale bore,
The captain called all [Db] hands and swore,
He'd take that whale in [Gb] tow.
[Db] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bbm] To bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab]
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and go.
[Cm] Before the boat had hit the water,
The whale's sail came [G] up and caught her,
All hands to the side,
Harpooned and fought her,
And she dived down below.
[Db] Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and [Ebm] tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing [Eb] is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
The line was cut, [G] the whale was free,
The captain's mind was [B] not on three,
But he belonged to [Gm] the whaleman's creed,
He took that ship [Dbm] in tow.
Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[B] To bring us sugar [Eb] and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
For forty [Cm] days or even more,
The line would slack then tight once more,
While boats were lost there [G] were only four,
[Db] But still that whale did go.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bb] To bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and [C] go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on,
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone,
The Wellerman makes [G] his regular call,
To [B] encourage the captain, [Eb] crew and all.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar [B] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done,
[E] We'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and tea and [B] rum.
[Ab] One day when the [Eb] tonguing is done,
[Bb] We'll take our [D] leave and go.
And the name [Gb] of that ship was Ability.
[B] The winds blew hard and bowed it down,
The blow made fully boys blow.
Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To [Bb] bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One [B]
day when the tonguing is [Eb] done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
She had not been two [B] weeks from shore,
When [Ab] down on her a right whale bore,
The captain called all [Db] hands and swore,
He'd take that whale in [Gb] tow.
[Db] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bbm] To bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab]
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and go.
[Cm] Before the boat had hit the water,
The whale's sail came [G] up and caught her,
All hands to the side,
Harpooned and fought her,
And she dived down below.
[Db] Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and [Ebm] tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing [Eb] is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
The line was cut, [G] the whale was free,
The captain's mind was [B] not on three,
But he belonged to [Gm] the whaleman's creed,
He took that ship [Dbm] in tow.
Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[B] To bring us sugar [Eb] and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
For forty [Cm] days or even more,
The line would slack then tight once more,
While boats were lost there [G] were only four,
[Db] But still that whale did go.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bb] To bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and [C] go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on,
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone,
The Wellerman makes [G] his regular call,
To [B] encourage the captain, [Eb] crew and all.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar [B] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done,
[E] We'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and tea and [B] rum.
[Ab] One day when the [Eb] tonguing is done,
[Bb] We'll take our [D] leave and go.
Key:
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Ab
B
Db
C
Eb
Ab
B
[Db] There once was a ship that put to sea,
And the name [Gb] of that ship was Ability.
_ [B] The winds blew hard and bowed it down,
The blow made fully boys blow.
_ Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To [Bb] bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One [B]
day when the tonguing is [Eb] done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
She had not been two [B] weeks from shore,
When [Ab] down on her a right whale bore,
The captain called all [Db] hands and swore,
He'd take that whale in [Gb] tow.
_ [Db] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bbm] To bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab]
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and go.
_ [Cm] Before the boat had hit the water,
The whale's sail came [G] up and caught her,
All hands to the side,
Harpooned and fought her,
And she dived down below.
_ [Db] Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and [Ebm] tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing [Eb] is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
The line was cut, [G] the whale was free,
The captain's mind was [B] not on three,
But he belonged to [Gm] the whaleman's creed,
He took that ship [Dbm] in tow.
_ Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[B] To bring us sugar [Eb] and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
For forty [Cm] days or even more,
The line would slack then tight once more,
While boats were lost there [G] were only four,
[Db] But still that whale did go.
_ [Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bb] To bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and [C] go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on,
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone,
The Wellerman makes [G] his regular call,
To [B] encourage the captain, [Eb] crew and all.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar [B] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done,
[E] We'll take our leave and go.
_ [Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and tea and [B] rum.
[Ab] One day when the [Eb] tonguing is done,
[Bb] We'll take our [D] leave and go. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the name [Gb] of that ship was Ability.
_ [B] The winds blew hard and bowed it down,
The blow made fully boys blow.
_ Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To [Bb] bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One [B]
day when the tonguing is [Eb] done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
She had not been two [B] weeks from shore,
When [Ab] down on her a right whale bore,
The captain called all [Db] hands and swore,
He'd take that whale in [Gb] tow.
_ [Db] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bbm] To bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab]
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and go.
_ [Cm] Before the boat had hit the water,
The whale's sail came [G] up and caught her,
All hands to the side,
Harpooned and fought her,
And she dived down below.
_ [Db] Soon may the [Eb] Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and [Ebm] tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing [Eb] is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
The line was cut, [G] the whale was free,
The captain's mind was [B] not on three,
But he belonged to [Gm] the whaleman's creed,
He took that ship [Dbm] in tow.
_ Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[B] To bring us sugar [Eb] and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave [C] and go.
For forty [Cm] days or even more,
The line would slack then tight once more,
While boats were lost there [G] were only four,
[Db] But still that whale did go.
_ [Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
[Bb] To bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when the tonguing is done,
We'll take our leave and [C] go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on,
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone,
The Wellerman makes [G] his regular call,
To [B] encourage the captain, [Eb] crew and all.
[Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar [B] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done,
[E] We'll take our leave and go.
_ [Ab] Soon may [Eb] the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and tea and [B] rum.
[Ab] One day when the [Eb] tonguing is done,
[Bb] We'll take our [D] leave and go. _ _
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