{"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":777300,"song":"Old Polina","artist":"Great Big Sea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11591051-old-polina-chords-by-great-big-sea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/777300?type=chord","rating":4.71101,"votes":17,"content":" \"The Old Polina\" (Tra/Arr.GBS)\r\n  From \"The Hard And the Easy\"(2005)\r\n\r\n  Use a capo on the 1st fret (sounding key Eb Major)\r\n\r\n[verse]:\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n There's a noble fleet O' whalers,a-sailin' from Dundee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Manned by British sailors to take them o'er the Sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n On A Western ocean passage we started on the trip,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n we flew along just like a song on our gallant whaling ship.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n twas the second sunday morning,just after leavin' port,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n we met a heavy sou'west gale that washed away our boat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n it washed away our quarterdeck,our stanchions just as well,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n an so we sent the whole shebang a-floatin' in the gale. [/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]:\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n For the wind was on her quarter,the engine's working free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n there's not another whaler that sails the Arctic Sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]            \r\n cant beat the Old Polina,ye need not try me sons,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n we challenged all both great and small from Dundee to St Johns![/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse]:\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n Art Jackman set his Canvas,Fairweather got up steam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               \r\n an' Captain Guy, the daring b'y, came plunging through the stream. [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n and Mullins in \"The Husky\" tried to beat the bloody lot,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n but to beat the Old Polina, boys,was something he could not.[/tab]\r\n\r\n CHORUS\r\n\r\n[verse]:\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n There's the noble \"Terra Nova\",a model without doubt,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n the \"Arctic\" and \"Aurora\" they talk so much about.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Art Jackman's model mailboat,the terror of the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n tried to beat the Old Polina,on a passage from Dundee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n CHORUS\r\n\r\n[verse]:\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Now we're back in old St John's where rum is very cheap,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n we'll drink a health to Captain Guy who brought us o'er the deep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n A health to all our sweethearts,and to our wives so fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n not another ship could make the trip, \"the Polina\" I declare![/tab]\r\n\r\n CHORUS X2,first A Capella \r\n\r\n the first verse is actually sung with just a bodhran,with\r\n the backing coming in for the second verse. the chords \r\n given are the ones starting there (And repeat for the entire\r\n song, including the chorus).","plain_text":"\"The Old Polina\" (Tra/Arr.GBS)\n  From \"The Hard And the Easy\"(2005)\n\n  Use a capo on the 1st fret (sounding key Eb Major)\n\n[verse]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CHORUS\n\n[verse]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CHORUS\n\n[verse]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CHORUS X2,first A Capella \n\n the first verse is actually sung with just a bodhran,with\n the backing coming in for the second verse. the chords \n given are the ones starting there (And repeat for the entire\n song, including the chorus).","chords":["Eb","D","Em","A","G"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}