Strike the Bell Chords by The X-Seamens Institute

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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Up on the boot deck [Bb] a-walking about
[F] There is the second mate, so steady and so stout
What he is a-thinking [Bb] of he doesn't know himself
And [C] we wished that he would hurry up [F] and strike
Strike the bell, strike [C] the bell, second mate
[F] Let us go below
[Bb] Look around to win when you [F] can see it's from below
Look at the glass, you [Bb] can see that it has fell
[C] And we wished that you would [F] hurry up and strike
Strike the bell
Down on the main [Bb] deck and working on the pumps
[F] There is the larvered [C] watchers longing for their [F] bonks
Looking out to win when [Bb] you can see a great swell
[C] And we wished that you would hurry [F] up and strike
Strike the bell, strike the [C] bell, second mate
[F] Let us go below
[Bb] Look around to win when you [F] can see it's from below
Look at the glass, you [Bb] can see that it has fell
[C] And we wished that you would [F] hurry up and strike
Strike the bell
Down in the [Bb] wheelhouse Anderson stands
[F] Grasping at the helm with [C] his frostbitten [F] hands
Looking at the compass [Bb] though the course is clear as hell
[C] And we wished that you would hurry [F] up and strike
Strike the bell, [C] strike the bell, second [F] mate
Let us go below
[Bb] Look around to win when [F] you can see it's [C] from [F] below
Look at the glass, [Bb] you can see that it has fell
[C] And we wished that you would [F] hurry up and strike
Strike the bell
Down in his cabin [Bb] our gallant captain stands
[F] Looking out to sea [C] with a spyglass in his [F] hands
What he is a thinking [Bb] of we know very well
[C] He's thinking more to shorten [F] sail than strike
Strike the bell, [Am] strike the bell, second [F] mate
Let us go below
[Bb] Look around to win when [F] you can see it's gone
Look _ at the glass, you can [Bb] see that has fell
[C] And we wished that you would [F] hurry up and strike
Strike the bell, [C] strike the bell, second mate
[F] Let us go below
[Bb] Look around to win when [F] you can see it's [C] gone
_ [F] Look at the glass, [Bb] you can see that it has fell
[C] And we wished that you would hurry [F] up and strike
Strike the bell _
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