Chords for The Good Ship Kangaroo - Planxty, 1980

[G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
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Oh well once I [C] was a wet [D] man that lived the [C] tomatoes
[G] Now I [C] am a [G] mariner [D] that ploughs the [G] angry seas
[D] Oh I always loved [Am] seafaring life [G] I bid my love adieu
I shipped his Jordan cook me buys [D] and bore the [G] kangaroo
Oh [D] I never thought she would prove [C] false or either prove un-faroo
[G] As to be sailed [C] away through [G] mills with [D] me and bore [G] the kangaroo _
_ Think of [C] me, oh think of [D] me she mournfully [C] did say
[G] When you were [C] in the [G] foreign [D] land and I am [G] far away
[D] And take this [Am] lucky perupany bits [C] it'll [G] make you beard and minds
That loving, trusting, faithful heart [D] you left in tears [G] behind
Cheer up, cheer up [C] me auntie, oh [Dm] don't weep so [C] bitterly
[G] She sobbed, sighed, [C] choked, [G] cried [D] and could [G] not say goodbye
[D] Oh I won't be [Am] gone for very long, tis but [G] a month or two
For when I [C] will [G] return [D] again of course [G] I'll visit you
[D] Oh I never thought she would prove [C] false or either prove un-faroo
[G] As to be sailed [C] away through [G] mills with [D] me and bore the [G] kangaroo
_ Our ship [C] was homeward [D] bound on many's the [C] farton shore
[G] And many's the [C] farton [G] present [D] unto me [G] love I bore
[D] I brought tortoises [Am] from Tenerife [G] and ties from Timbuktu
A china rat and a Bengal [D] cat and a Bombay [G] _ cockatoo
Head [D] off I [C] sought her dwelling [D] on the street above [C] the town
[G] Where an ancient [C] dam upon [G] the line [D] was hanging out [G] her gown
[Am] Where is me love, she is vanished sir, about six months [G] ago
With a smart young man [C] that [G] thrives the wan, [D] grudgy apple and sun [G] and coal
[D] Oh I never thought she would prove [C] false or either prove un-faroo
[G] As to be sailed away [C] through [G] mills with me [D] and bore the [G] kangaroo
Here's [D] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
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[G] _ to health, to [C] dreams of married [D] life, to soap, to [C] suds and blue
[G] Hearts through [C] love and [G] hate and [D] starch, washing [G] soda too
[D] Oh I'll go on to [Am] some farton [C] shore, no [G] longer can I stay
And a wits and [C] china, hot [G] and tot, [D] I'll throw [G] myself away
Oh me love, she [C] is no Polish girl, [D] her age it is [C] to score
[G] Me love, she [C] is no [G] spinster, [D] she's been married twice [G] before
[D] Oh I cannot [Am] say it was her wealth [C] that stole [G] me heart away
She's a builer [C] in a [G] laundry [D] for one and [G] nine a day
[D] Oh I never thought she would prove [C] false or either prove un-faroo
As [G] to be sailed away through mills with me [D] and bore the [G] kangaroo
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[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
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