Chords for Martyn Wyndham-Read plays Old Whitby Harbour @ The Royal Oak, Lewes

It has got the most fantastic chorus, and some of you will know it.
It's called Old Whitby Harbour.
And what we'll do is, we'll sing the chorus twice at the end.
We'll sing it and then we'll drop out and you sing it.
And I'll finish it off.
_ And I'll tell you how the chorus goes.
I'm not going to teach you the tune.
No, the chorus goes_
_ Build me a ship to sail across the ocean.
Give me fair wind and I'll answer the call.
Further than anyone ever before me.
South to Australia, around the Cape Horn.
Have you got that? _
Build me a ship to sail across the ocean.
Give me fair wind and I'll answer the call.
Further than anyone ever before me.
South to Australia, around the Cape Horn.
And just before we finish on this, I'd like to publicly thank [N] young Iris Pidwick. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ She put up with all her idiosyncrasies.
[F] _ _ She's absolutely brilliant.
I tell you, she's the top musician.
Her _ _ _ _ _ music is inspirational.
[F] _
[A] Build me a ship to sail across the ocean.
Give me fair wind and I'll answer the call.
Further than anyone ever before me.
South to Australia, around the Cape Horn.
And this is written by Stan [F] Graham.
_ _ Blow _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
the north wind across [Bb] old Whitby Harbour.
Tether the boat from the [C] oncoming storm. _
Bright as [Bb] the [G] light shines [F] on the water. _
Colds rock the tide, keeping [C] _ families [F] _ warm.
_ [C] _ _ Ghosts of [F] old sailors, _ [Bb] _ windswept [F] old whalers.
_ Finding safe harbour from [Bb] Greenland's [C] cold shores.
[F] Young [Bb] boys are racing, _ all down [F] the rillings.
Head for the _ strait to [C] go whaling [F] once more.
_ _ _ [C]
Build me a [F] ship [Bb] to sail across [F] the ocean.
Give me fair _ wind [Bb] and I'll answer [C] the call.
[F] _
Further [Bb] than anyone _ ever [F] before me.
South to Australia, _ [C] _
around the [F] Cape _ Horn.
_ _ [C] _ Sailor, [F]
beware [Bb] the red skies [F] of morning.
_ _ Unless you're willing, [Bb] high price [C] you'll pay.
_ [F] Strung [Bb] on to waiting, all [F] for a shilling.
_ King George's navy [C] will take [F] you away.
_ _ _ [C] Build me a [F] ship _ [Bb] to sail across [F] the ocean. _
Give me fair wind [Dm] and I'll answer [C] the call.
_ [F]
Further [Bb] than anyone _ _ ever [F] before me.
South to Australia, _ [C] _
around the [F] Cape Horn. _
_ _ [C] Old [F] Whitby cast, [Bb] blind through [F] the darkness.
Three thousand gallons, blind deep [C] in her hole.
[F] Bound [Bb] for the markets, houses [F] and church streets.
Children from Antigua [C] to be trading [D] for [F] gold.
_ _ _ [C]
Build me [F] a ship [Bb] to sail across [F] the ocean. _
Give me fair wind and [Bb] I'll answer [C] the call.
[F] _
_ [Bb] Further than anyone ever before [F] me.
South to Australia, _ [C] around the [F] Cape Horn.
_ _ [C] Blow [F] the north wind [Bb] across Old Whitby [F] Harbour.
_ Captain James Corb has _ [C] weathered the _ [F] storm.
Young [Bb] men of Whitby can sail on the Indian.
[F] _ _ South to _ Australia, [C] _ around the [F] Cape Horn.
_ _ _ [C]
Build me [F] a ship [Bb] to sail [F] across the ocean.
Give me fair wind [Dm] and I'll answer [C] the call. _
Further [Bb] than anyone [Dm]
ever [F] before me.
South to Australia, _ [C]
around the [F] Cape Horn. _ _
_ _ Build me a ship [Bb] to sail [F] across the ocean.
_ Give me fair wind [Dm] and I'll answer [C] the call.
[F] _ Further [Bb] than anyone _ [Dm] ever [F] before me.
South to _ Australia, _ [C] around the [F] Cape Horn. _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _