{"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":2663958,"song":"A Sailor Aint A Sailor","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11520823-a-sailor-aint-a-sailor-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2663958?type=chord","rating":4.79972,"votes":12,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        \r\nMy father often told me, when I was just a lad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA sailor's life was very hard, the food was always bad;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now I've joined the navy, I'm on board a man-o-war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now I find a sailor ain't a sailor any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you see a sailing ship, it might be your last;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet your civvies ready for another run ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe 'killick' of our mess, he says we've had it soft,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't like this in his day, when he was up aloft;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe like our bunks and sleeping bags, but what's a hammock for?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you see a sailing ship, it might be your last;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet your civvies ready for another run ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey gave us an engine that first went up and down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThen with more technology the engine went around;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're good with steam and diesel, but what's a mainyard for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you see a sailing ship, it might be your last;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet your civvies ready for another run ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey gave us an Aldis Lamp, we can do it right,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey gave us a radio, we signal day and night;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe know our codes and ciphers, but what's a 'sema' for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA 'bunting-tosser' doesn't toss the bunting any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you see a sailing ship, it might be your last;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet your civvies ready for another run ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey gave us a radar set to pierce the fog and gloom,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo now the lookout's sitting in a tiny darkened room;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLoran does navigation, the Sonar says how deep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe Jimmy's three sheets to the wind, the Skipper's fast asleep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you see a sailing ship, it might be your last;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet your civvies ready for another run ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo cans of beer a day, that's your bleeding lot![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut now we get an extra one because they stopped the tot;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, we'll put on our civvy-clothes and find a pub ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor's still a sailor, just like he was before![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you see a sailing ship, it might be your last;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet your civvies ready for another run ashore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more![/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}