Verse
(a capella, so, no guitar = chords needed)
D D
Well, me father often told me when I was just a lad:
D A
a sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad.
D D
But, now I've joined the Navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war,
D Am* G* D
and now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor anymore.
[Chorus] (still a capella, no guitar-chords needed)
D D
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,
D Bm E7 A7
if you see a sailing ship it might be your last.
D D
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore,
D Bm G A D
a sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
D D
D Bm G A D
[Verse 2]
D D
Well, the killick of our mess, he says we had it soft,
D A
it wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft.
D D
We like our bunks and sleeping bags but what's a hammock for?
D Bm A D
Swinging from the deckhead, or lying on the floor?
[Chorus]
D D
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,
D Bm E7 A7
if you see a sailing ship it might be your last.
D D
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore,
D Bm G A D
a sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
D D
D Bm G A D
[Verse 3]
D D
They gave us an engine that first went up and down,
D A
then with more technology the engine went around.
D D
We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for?
D Bm A D
B stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore.
[Chorus]
D D
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,
D Bm E7 A7
if you see a sailing ship it might be your last.
D D
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore,
D Bm G A D
a sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
D D
D Bm G A D
[Verse 4]
D D
They gave us an Aldiss Lamp, so, we could do it right,
D A
they gave us a radio, we signaled day and night.
D D
We know our codes and cyphers but what's a sema for?
C* N.C.
B bunting-tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore.
[Chorus]
D D
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,
D Bm E7 A7
if you see a sailing ship it might be your last.
D D
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore,
D Bm G A D
a sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
[Interlude]
G G G D G G D G
G G G D G G D G
Em Em D D Em Em D Em
Em Em D D Em Em D Bm
G G G D G G D G
G G G D G G C D G
[Interlude] (Key Change to F# (with Capo on II)
E E
[Verse 5]
D* N.C.
Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot,
N.C. N.C.
and now we've got an extra one because they stopped The Tot.
D* D* D* D*
So, we'll put on our civvy-clothes find a pub ashore.
D* N.C.
B sailor's just a sailor just like he was before.
[Chorus]
E E
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,
E C#m F#7 B7
if you see a sailing ship it might be your last.
E E
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore,
E C#m A B E
a sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
[End-Chorus]
E E
Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,
E C#m F#7 B7
if you see a sailing ship it might be your last.
E E
Just get your civvies ready for another run-ashore,
E C#m A B E
a sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
E C#m A B E
B sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
E C#m A B E D*
B sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor anymore.
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