{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1930005,"song":"Fair Maid Sailor","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431702-fair-maid-sailor-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1930005?type=chord","rating":0.09837,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a young girl at the age of sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom my home I ran away to go and serve the queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI listed in the Navy a sailor lad to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe music play so grand, the music play so grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo hear the canons rattle and the music play so grand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI dressed myself in trousers and cut my hair of short[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I went down to the harbor to see the ships in port[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nThe officer who listed me said we need every hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think you’ll make a sailor, so step this way young man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo step this way young man, so step this way young man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think you’ll make a sailor, so step this way young man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe took me to me bunk mates down where the hammocs sway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lying by a sailor’s side I never was afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut taking off my old blue coat I sometimes used to smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo think my self a sailor and a maiden all the while[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA maiden all the while, a maiden all the while[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo think myself a sailor and a maiden all the while[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey sent me up to London to be gurad o’r the tower[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there I wolud I have been until this very day and hour[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut a young girl fell in love with me and found I was a maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe went straightway to my captain and my secret she betrayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy secret she betrayed, my secret she betrayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe went straight way to my captain and my secret she betrayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy captain he sent for me to see if it were true[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how could I deny the tale that he already knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere’s a pension of war for you, he smiled and he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuch a sailor as you made, such a sailor as you made[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s a pity we should lose you such a sailor as you made[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo fare thee well my captain, you have been kind to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd fare thee well my comrades, you ne’er forgot shall be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd should the British nay fall short of any men,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ll doff off my hat feathers and I’ll run the rigging again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ll run the rigging again, I’ll run the rigging again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ll doff off my hat and feathers and run the rigging again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 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