{"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":2406853,"song":"The Good Ship Kangaroo","artist":"Planxty","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11496197-the-good-ship-kangaroo-chords-by-planxty/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2406853?type=chord","rating":4.77135,"votes":35,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse] \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce I was a waitin' man that lived at home at ease[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I always loved seafarin' life, I bid my love adieu[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI shipped as steward and cook, me boys, on board the Kangaroo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs we sailed away through Milford Bay onboard the Kangaroo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Think of me, oh think of me,\" she mournfully did say[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"When you are in a foreign land and I am far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake this lucky thruppenny bit, it'll make you bear in mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat lovin' trustin' faithful heart you left in tears behind.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Cheer Up, cheer up, my own true love. Don't weep so bitterly,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she cried and could not say goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I won't be gone for very long, 'tis but a month or two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I will return again of course I´ll visit you.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs we sailed away through Milford Bay onboard the Kangaroo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur ship it was homeward bound from many's the foreign shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd many´s the foreign present unto me love I bore[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI brought tortoises from Tenerife and toys from Timbuktu[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA China rat, a Bengal cat and a Bombay cockatoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPaid off I sought her dwellin' on a street above the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere an ancient dame upon the line was hangin' out her gown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Where is me love? \" \"She´s vanished, sir, about six months ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a smart young man that drives the van for Chaplin, Son and Co.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs we sailed away through Milford Bay onboard the Kangaroo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere's a health to dreams of married life, to soap, to suds and blue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeart's true love and patent starch and washin' soda too[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll go unto some foreign shore, no longer can I stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with some China hottentot I'll throw meself away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Me love she is no foolish girl, her age it is two score[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe love she is no spinster, she's been married twice before[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI cannot say it was her wealth that stole me heart away;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's a bailer in a laundry for one and nine a day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs we sailed away through Milford Bay onboard the Kangaroo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  C  G    D  C\nG  C  G    D  G\nD  Am      C  D  G\nG  C  G    D  G\n\n[Verse] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  C  G    D  C\nG  C  G    D  G\nD  Am      C  D  G\nG  C  G    D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  C  G    D  C\nG  C  G    D  G\nD  Am      C  D  G\nG  C  G    D  G","chords":["G","C","D","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}