{"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":2772943,"song":"Chinatown Bumboat","artist":"Salty Dick","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11535753-chinatown-bumboat-chords-by-salty-dick/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2772943?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Chinatown Bumboat\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was strolling down Sand Street one fine summer night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I spied a fair damsel as she hove in sight.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI ran up my number, to which she replied,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"I'm a Chinatown bumboat going out with the tide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"I'm a Chinatown bumboat going out with the tide.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI passed her a hawser and took her in tow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe crossed down the way like a couple should go.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe turned in an alley not too clean or neat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we dropped out mudhooks at the end of the street.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we dropped out mudhooks at the end of the street.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe then led me up to a third-story floor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in her fine stateroom I soon laid her o'er.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe cleaned up her courses and her red flag downhaul,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLaid her lily-white hand on me reeftackle-fall.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLaid her lily-white hand on me reeftackle-fall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI gazed in her sternsheets, saw plenty of room,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd into her hullpipe I shoved my jibboom.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith her fenders o'erhanging like a bent scupper's lip,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPretty Polly's a pirate who scuttled my ship.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPretty Polly's a pirate who scuttled my ship.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe rolled and she pitched like a ship in a storm,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd cried out, \"Oh, sailor, you're doing me harm![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're in the wrong port!\" she cried out in alarm.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, the wrong port be damned, any port in a storm.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, the wrong port be damned, any port in a storm.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe burnt down me rigging clean down to the hull,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd back to the sickbay me punt I did scull.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith me foregaps all bent and me mainmast unstrung,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe doctor said, \"Sailor, yer jibboom is sprung.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe doctor said, \"Sailor, yer jibboom is sprung.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow I'm lying in sickbay, me stern to the wall,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Chinatown bumboat the cause of it all.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's ashes to ashes and dust unto dust,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTell me, where is the woman a sailor can trust?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTell me, where is the woman a sailor can trust?[/tab]","plain_text":"Chinatown Bumboat\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["Am","Dm","E","C","G7"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}