{"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":2563365,"song":"Drunken Sailor","artist":"The Longest Johns","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11515297-drunken-sailor-chords-by-the-longest-johns/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2563365?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":47,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Tortuga's port we put to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sailed for sixteen days[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the biggest storm I'd ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe almost lost our way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen a call came from a deckhand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n“Boys, I think she’s going down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut don’t you fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s enough rum here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo drink until we drown!”[/tab]\r\n\r\nHo!\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo this deckhand grabbed a barrel[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBroke the seal and took a swig[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         \r\nAnd soon their screams turned into songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir panicked work turned into jigs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe first mate bellowed orders[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEver trying to save their skins[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n“Any drunken retch the captain catch[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe’ll beat all limb from limb!”[/tab]\r\n\r\nHo!\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvery man continued drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll their duties long forgot[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were deaf to every order[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n‘Til they heard a pistol shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nThe captain stood on fo'c'stle[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwung the cat above his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n“Back to yer post, or by my ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYe’ll wish that ye were dead!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvery drunk received a beating[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome of the drunker managed two[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe captain kept an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil he’d sobered up his crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe then retired to quarters[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPut the rum upon his shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSat in his seat, put up his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd drank the rest himself![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat shall we do with a drunken sailor?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoo-ray and up she rises (Hoo-ray)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPut him in the longboat ‘til he’s sober[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShave his belly with a rusty razor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThrow him in the hold with the captain’s daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEar-lie in the morning[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHo!\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHo!\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}