Chords for Who Sang It Better: The Wellerman (Sea Shanty)
Tempo:
97.9 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
C
Ab
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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There once was a ship that put to sea, and the name of the ship was the Billy O'Tee.
The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down, blow me bully boys blow.
Soon may the wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
She had not been two weeks from [G] shore when down on her a right will bore.
The captain called all hands [Gm] and swore he'd take that whale in [Eb] tow.
Soon may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [Gm] sugar and tea and [Eb] rum.
One [Bb] day when the tonguing is [F] done, we'll take our [Gm] leave and go.
[Eb] Soon [Bb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar and tea [Eb] and rum.
One day when [Bb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Em] go.
Before the boat had hit the [A] water, the whale's [Em] tail came up and caught her.
All hands stood aside, harpooned and fought [B] her when she dived [Em] down low.
[C] Soon may the wellerman [A] come to bring us [Em] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [G] day when the tonguing is [B] done, we'll take our leave and [Cm] go.
Nada se cortó, nadie [Fm] escapó, el [Cm] capitán lo cortó.
El es el credo del whaleman, y ella tomó el barco que volqué.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, [G] we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [Fm] come to bring us [Cm] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [G] take our leave [Em] and go.
As I've heard, [G] the fight's still on, [C] the line's not cut and [Em] the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his [G] regular call to encourage the [Em] captain, crew and all.
Soon [Gb] may the wellerman come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [Em] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [N] take our leave and go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on, the line's not cut and the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his regular call to encourage the captain, crew and [Ab] all.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is [Cm] done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Eb] Soon may the wellerman [Bb] come to bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Ab] go.
Soon may the [Bb] wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring us [C] sugar and tea and rum.
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave [C] and go.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring [C] us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing [Bb] is done, we'll take our [C] leave and go.
[N]
The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down, blow me bully boys blow.
Soon may the wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
She had not been two weeks from [G] shore when down on her a right will bore.
The captain called all hands [Gm] and swore he'd take that whale in [Eb] tow.
Soon may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [Gm] sugar and tea and [Eb] rum.
One [Bb] day when the tonguing is [F] done, we'll take our [Gm] leave and go.
[Eb] Soon [Bb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar and tea [Eb] and rum.
One day when [Bb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Em] go.
Before the boat had hit the [A] water, the whale's [Em] tail came up and caught her.
All hands stood aside, harpooned and fought [B] her when she dived [Em] down low.
[C] Soon may the wellerman [A] come to bring us [Em] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [G] day when the tonguing is [B] done, we'll take our leave and [Cm] go.
Nada se cortó, nadie [Fm] escapó, el [Cm] capitán lo cortó.
El es el credo del whaleman, y ella tomó el barco que volqué.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, [G] we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [Fm] come to bring us [Cm] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [G] take our leave [Em] and go.
As I've heard, [G] the fight's still on, [C] the line's not cut and [Em] the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his [G] regular call to encourage the [Em] captain, crew and all.
Soon [Gb] may the wellerman come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [Em] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [N] take our leave and go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on, the line's not cut and the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his regular call to encourage the captain, crew and [Ab] all.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is [Cm] done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Eb] Soon may the wellerman [Bb] come to bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Ab] go.
Soon may the [Bb] wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring us [C] sugar and tea and rum.
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave [C] and go.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring [C] us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing [Bb] is done, we'll take our [C] leave and go.
[N]
Key:
Eb
C
Ab
G
Em
Eb
C
Ab
There once was a ship that put to sea, and the name of the ship was the Billy O'Tee.
The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down, blow me bully boys blow.
Soon may the wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
She had not been two weeks from [G] shore when down on her a right will bore.
The captain called all hands [Gm] and swore he'd take that whale in [Eb] tow.
Soon may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [Gm] sugar and tea and [Eb] rum.
One [Bb] day when the tonguing is [F] done, we'll take our [Gm] leave and go.
[Eb] Soon [Bb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar and tea [Eb] and rum.
One day when [Bb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Em] go. _
Before the boat had hit the [A] water, the whale's [Em] tail came up and caught her.
All hands stood aside, harpooned and fought [B] her when she dived [Em] down low.
[C] Soon may the wellerman [A] come to bring us [Em] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [G] day when the tonguing is [B] done, we'll take our leave and [Cm] go.
Nada se cortó, nadie [Fm] escapó, el [Cm] capitán lo cortó.
El es el credo del whaleman, y ella tomó el barco que volqué.
_ [Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, [G] we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [Fm] come to bring us [Cm] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [G] take our leave [Em] and go.
As I've heard, [G] the fight's still on, [C] the line's not cut and [Em] the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his [G] regular call to encourage the [Em] captain, crew and all.
Soon [Gb] may the wellerman come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [Em] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [N] take our leave and go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on, the line's not cut and the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his regular call to encourage the captain, crew and [Ab] all.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is [Cm] done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Eb] Soon may the wellerman [Bb] come to bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Ab] go.
Soon may the [Bb] wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring us [C] sugar and tea and rum.
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave [C] and go.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring [C] us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing [Bb] is done, we'll take our [C] leave and go.
_ _ _ [N] _ _
The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down, blow me bully boys blow.
Soon may the wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
She had not been two weeks from [G] shore when down on her a right will bore.
The captain called all hands [Gm] and swore he'd take that whale in [Eb] tow.
Soon may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [Gm] sugar and tea and [Eb] rum.
One [Bb] day when the tonguing is [F] done, we'll take our [Gm] leave and go.
[Eb] Soon [Bb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar and tea [Eb] and rum.
One day when [Bb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Em] go. _
Before the boat had hit the [A] water, the whale's [Em] tail came up and caught her.
All hands stood aside, harpooned and fought [B] her when she dived [Em] down low.
[C] Soon may the wellerman [A] come to bring us [Em] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [G] day when the tonguing is [B] done, we'll take our leave and [Cm] go.
Nada se cortó, nadie [Fm] escapó, el [Cm] capitán lo cortó.
El es el credo del whaleman, y ella tomó el barco que volqué.
_ [Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come [F] to bring us sugar [C] and tea and rum.
[Ab] One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, [G] we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [Fm] come to bring us [Cm] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [G] take our leave [Em] and go.
As I've heard, [G] the fight's still on, [C] the line's not cut and [Em] the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his [G] regular call to encourage the [Em] captain, crew and all.
Soon [Gb] may the wellerman come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [C] rum.
One [Em] day when the tonguing is done, we'll [N] take our leave and go.
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on, the line's not cut and the whale's not gone.
The wellerman makes his regular call to encourage the captain, crew and [Ab] all.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman [F] come to bring us [G] sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is [Cm] done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Eb] Soon may the wellerman [Bb] come to bring us sugar [Cm] and tea and rum.
One [Eb] day when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and [Ab] go.
Soon may the [Bb] wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and [Ab] rum.
One day when [Eb] the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.
[Ab] Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring us [C] sugar and tea and rum.
One day [Eb] when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave [C] and go.
Soon [Eb] may the wellerman come to bring [C] us sugar and tea and rum.
One day when the tonguing [Bb] is done, we'll take our [C] leave and go.
_ _ _ [N] _ _