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