Chords for The Mary L. McKay - Schooner Fare

From Portland, Maine to Yarmouth Sound, to 20 miles we ran. _
_ [Db] In 18 hours, my bully boys, [Ab] now beat that if [Eb] you can.
_ The crew said [Db] it was seamanship, _ the [Ab] skipper [Gb] he kept dumb. _
[F] But the force that drove [Eb] our vessel _ [Gb] was the power of Portland.
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[Gm] _ _ Come all ye hardy [Abm] Attikers, who winter fish and go,
[Bbm] And brave the seas upon the [Ab] banks in stormy wind [Ebm] and snow,
[Bbm] And ye who love [Db] hard driving, [Ab] come listen to [Gbm] my lay,
[Bbm] Of the run we made [Ebm] from Portland on the [Bbm] Mary Elm Bay. _ _
We hung [Db] the muslin on her [Ab] as the wind began to [Bbm] hum.
Twenty [Db] hardy Nova [Ab] Scotian men chocked full of Portland [Eb] rum.
Main [Bbm] soul, four soul, jib [Db] and jumble [Ab] on that wild [Gb] December [Bbm] day,
As we passed Old [Ebm] Cape Elizabeth and [Bbm] slugged the fun deep day.
_ [Gb] Storm and [Ab] hum, drive [Bbm] along, punch air through the ribs,
And North East [Fm] Gales of Portland [Gb] would take all [Db] that she gives.
We're home abound to Yarmouth Sound to 20 miles a day,
We made the [Gb] run on Portland [Bbm] rum on the Mary Elm Bay. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They slammed [Db] her by Monhegan [Ab] as the [Bbm] gale began to scream.
Our vessel took to dancing [Abm] in a way that was no [Bbm] dream.
A howler o'er the top rail [Abm] as she speared to the [Gb] west away,
[Bbm] For she was [Eb] bound for running [Gb] was the Mary [Bbm] Elm Bay. _ _ _
We slammed her to the [Db] Moutonicus, [Ab] the skimmer [Bbm] hauled along.
_ Sixteen knots, Lord Harry, and [Ab] she chanced to [Eb] get the job.
[Bbm] The Afghan wheelsmen shouted [Ab] as she swung her [Gb] iron [Bbm] bay,
Just watch me fare [Eb] the main [Bbm] shalom Mary Elm Bay.
_ _ _ [Gb] Storm and [Ab] hum, [Db] drive along, punch air through the ribs,
[Bbm] And North East [Fm] Gales of Portland [Gb] would take all [Bbm] that she gives.
We're home [Ebm] abound to Yarmouth [Db] Sound to 20 miles a day,
We made the [Gb] run on Portland [Db] rum on the Mary Elm Bay.
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_ _ [Ab] [Bbm] The rum was passing merrily [Ab] and the crew was [Bbm] feeding grounds.
Longnecks [Db] dancing in our [Ab] wake from where we left the [Eb] lands.
[Db] Our skimmer he kept sober [Ab] for he knew how [Gb] things could lay,
[Bbm] And he made a swirl the [Bbm] main shore on the Mary Elm Bay.
_ Now our captain [Db] didn't care to make his wife a widow [Bbm] yet,
He swung her [Db] off to Yarmouth [Ab] Cape with just her four soul [Eb] set.
[Bbm] Past Fortune in the morning and shut in the break of day,
And soon in [Eb] sheltering harbor [Gb] lay the Mary [Bbm] Elm Bay.
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Storm and [Ab] hum, drive [Bbm] along, punch air through the ribs,
And North East [Fm] Gales of Portland [Ebm] would take all that she gives.
[Db] We're home abound to Yarmouth Sound to 20 miles a day,
We made the run on [Gb] Portland [Db] rum on the Mary Elm Bay.
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_ _ _ _ From _ _ _ _ _ _ Portland, Maine to [Eb] Yarmouth Sound to [Db] 20 miles we ran.
In 18 hours [N] my four-leg boys, now be glad if you can.
The crew said it was seamanship, the skimmer he kept dumb,
[Bbm] But the force that [Eb] drove our vessel [Bm] was the power of [Ab] Portland.
_ _ Storm _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Abm] and hum, drive [Ebm] along, punch [Bbm] air through the ribs,
And North [Db] East Gales of Portland would [Ebm] take all that she gives.
[Db] We're home abound to Yarmouth Sound to 20 miles a day,
We made the [Bbm] run on Portland rum on the [Abm] Mary Elm Bay.
_ [Gb] [Ab] Storm and hum, _ [Bbm] _
_ drive along, punch air through the ribs,
And North East [Fm] Gales of Portland [Gb] would take [Bbm] all that she gives.
We're home abound to [Gb] Yarmouth [Db] Sound to 20 [Ab] miles a day,
[Db] We made the run on [Gb] Portland [Bbm] rum on the Mary Elm Bay.
We made the run on Portland rum on the [Ab] Mary [Db] Elm Bay. _ _ _ _ _ _