{"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":2532615,"song":"Handsome Cabin Boy","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11511497-handsome-cabin-boy-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2532615?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt's just a pretty female, as you may understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHer mind being bent for rambling into a foreign land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe dressed herself in sailor's clothes, or so it does appear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd she signed with a captain, to serve him for a year[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe captain's wife, she being on board, she seemed in great joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo think the captain had engaged such a handsome cabin boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd now and then she slipped him a kiss, and she would have liked to toy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut twas the captain found out the secret of the handsome cabin boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHer cheeks they were like roses and her hair all in a curl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sailors often smiled and said, he looks just like a girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut eating of the captain's biscuit, her colour did destroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the handsome cabin boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTwas down the Bay of Biscay our gallant ship did plough[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOne night amongst the sailors, a helluva flurry and row[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt tumbled the men from out their hammocks, their sleep it did destroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTerrible cursin' and a-groanin' of the handsome cabin boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"Oh doctor dear, oh doctor,\" the cabin boy did cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"My time has come, I am undone and I must surely die\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe doctor come a-running and smiling at the fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor to think a sailor lad should have a daughter or a son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sailors when they heard the news, they all did stand and stare[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe child belonged to none of them, they solemnly did swear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe captain's wife she says to him, \"My dear I wish you joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor it's either you or I betrayed the handsome cabin boy\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNow sailors take your tot o' rum and drink success to trade[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd likewise to the cabin boy that was neither man nor maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHere's hoping the wars don't rise again, our sailors to destroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd here's hoping for a jolly lot more, like the handsome cabin boy[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nBb     Ab   Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBb     Ab   Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Bb","Ab","Eb"]}