Henry Martin Chords by Joan Baez

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_ _ _ There were three brothers [F#] in Mary Scotland, [Bm] in Mary [Em] Scotland there were [F#] three,
_ [Bm] And they did cast lots, which of them should go, [Em] should go, [F#] should _ go,
_ [Bm] _ [D] For ever [A] all on the salt [Bm] sea. _ _
_ _ _ The lot it fell first [F#] upon Henry [Bm] Martin, _ the [B] youngest of all the [F#] three,
_ _ [Bm] That he should turn her over all on the salt sea, the [A] salt sea, the [D] salt [F#] sea, _
[Bm] For to [F#m] maintain his two [Bm] brothers and he. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F#] They had not been sailing but a long winter's [Bm] night, and part [A] of a short winter's [D] day,
_ [Bm] When he espied a stout lofty ship, [Em] lofty ship, [F#] lofty ship, _
[Bm] _ [D] Come a-bibbing [A] down on him [Bm] _ straightway. _ _
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_ Hello, hello, [F#] cried Henry [Bm] Martin, what [A] makes your sail [D] so nigh?
[Bm] I'm a rich merchant ship bound for fair London town, London [Em] town, London [F#]
town,
_ _ [Bm] Would [D] you please for [A] to let me [Bm] pass by?
_ _ _ _ Oh no, oh no, [F#] cried Henry [Bm] Martin, this thing [C#] it never [F#] could be,
[Bm] For I have turned her over all on the salt sea, [Em] the salt sea, [F#] the salt sea, _
[Bm] For to maintain [A] my two brothers [Bm] and me. _ _ _
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[F#] Come lower your top sail and rail up your [Bm] mizzen, bring your [F#m] ship [D] under my lee,
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[Bm] Or I will give to you a full cannonball, _ [A] cannonball, [D] cannonball,
[C#] _ _ [B] And all your [A] dear buddies drown in [Bm] the salt sea.
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_ [F#] _ _ Oh no, we won't lower our lofty top sail, nor bring our [A] ship under [D] your lee,
[F#] _ [Bm] And you shall take from us our rich merchant goods, [A] merchant goods, [D] merchant _ [F#] _
[Bm] goods,
Nor [D] point our [A] ball guns to [Bm] the _ sea. _
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_ _ _ [F#] Then broadside and broadside and madded they [Bm]
went,
O'er fully [A] two hours [D] or three, [F#] _ [Bm] till Henry Martin gave to them the death shot,
[A] The death shot, the [D] death shot, [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ and straight to the [A] bottom [Bm] went she. _
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_ Bad news, bad news [F#] to old [Bm] England came, bad news to fair [F#] London town, _ _
[Bm] There's been a rich vessel and she's cast away, [Em] cast away, [F#] cast away, _ _ _
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[D] [A] All of her merry men _
_ [Bm] drown. _ _ _
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