Chords for John Doyle - Celtic Colours International Festival -Guitar Summit 2010

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gallant frigate Amphitrite, she lay in Plymouth Sound.
Lou Peter at the foremost mass, she was for outward bound.
We were waiting there for _ order, [F] the senders far [C] from home.
Our order came for Rio Boys, and then [F] around [C] Cape Horn.
[Fm] We hoisted our treetop [C] sails, and our [F] anchors we [C] did weigh. _
We bid our friends a kind farewell, and then we sailed away.
We sailed away for Rio, [Gm] and on our [F] course [Gm] in [G] steer.
T'was [C] many's a stormy day and night, before [Am] Rio [C] did appear. _
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When we arrived at Rio, we prepared [F] for [C] heavy gales.
We [F] battled all [C] our rigging boys, [Gm] and bent [F] out [G] our new sails.
[C] From ship to ship they cheered [F] us, as we did [Gm] sail along.
[F] And wished [Bb] us pleasant [C] weather, in the rounding [F] _ [Cm] of Cape Horn.
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While bearing off [F] middle gelland straits, well a-blueing, [C] seeding hard.
While shortening sail to gallant hours, fell [F] from the [C] top mass yard.
By [F] angry seas [C] the ropes we drew, from their [F] poor hands were [Gm] torn.
And we were forced for to leave them to the sharks, [F] that prowl [C] around Cape Horn. _ _ _ _ _
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When we got round the pormy boys, we had [F] some [C] glorious days.
And very soon our kellig, dropped in [F] [C] Valparaiso Bay.
Those [F] pretty girls [C] came down to us, I [F] [Gm] solemnly declare.
[Gm] They are [Bb] far before those clement [C] girls, with their long [F] and [C] curling hair.
Oh they love a [F] jolly sailor [C] lad, who spends [G] his money free.
They laugh and [C] sing and very merry be, and [F] have a [Gm] jovial spree.
[G] And when [Bb] our money is all [C] gone, they won't on [C] you impose.
They are far before those [F] clement girls, [Gm] who'll pawn [G] and [C] sell your [F] clothes.
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So farewell to _ Valparaiso, [F] farewell [C] for a while.
Likewise to all those Spanish girls, all [F] on the coast [Gm] of child.
And if [C] I ever live to be paid off, I'll sit and [Gm] sing this song.
[F] God bless those pretty Spanish girls, who [G] live around Cape Horn.
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_ _ _ One girl. _
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