The Wellerman Chords by Caleb Hyles

[Verse]
N.C.                                 
There once was a ship that put to sea
N.C.                                         
And the name of that ship was the Billy O'Tea
N.C.                                   
The winds blew hard her bow dipped down
N.C.                   
Blow me bully boys blow
Ab           Eb            
Soon may the Wellerman come
   Fm                 Cm         
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab               Eb              
One day when the tonguing is done
                         C 
We'll take our leave and go
                     C               
She had not been two weeks from shore
                         C               
When down on her right a right whale bore
                       C              
The captain called all hands and swore
                     Ab    
He'd take that whale in tow
             Eb            
Soon may the Wellerman come
   Fm                 Cm         
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab               Eb              
One day when the tonguing is done
                         C7
We'll take our leave and go
                    C7           
Before the boat had hit the water
                      Ab     C7        
The whale's tail came up and caught her
                  Gm                      
Hands to the side harpooned and fought her
               Gm   
When she dived below


[Chorus]
Ab           Eb            
Soon may the Wellerman come
   Fm                 Cm         
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab               Eb              
One day when the tonguing is done
                         C7
We'll take our leave and go
                   C              
No line was cut no whale was freed
                           C           
An' the captain's mind was not on greed
                   C               
He belonged to the Whaleman's creed
                   C     
She took that ship in two
Ab           Eb            
Soon may the Wellerman come
   Fm                 Cm      Ab 
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
             Eb                  
One day when the tonguing is done
                         C7
We'll take our leave and go
               C7          
For forty days or even more
                         Gm             
The line went slack then tight once more
    C7                                  
All boats were lost there were only four
    Gm                     
And still that whale did go
Ab       Eb                
Soon may the Wellerman come
   Fm                 Cm      Ab 
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
                 Eb              
One day when the tonguing is done
                         C7
We'll take our leave and go
C                                        
As far as I've heard the fight's still on
                           C               
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone
C7                                  
The Wellerman makes his regular call
                         Cm          
To encourage the captain crew and all
Ab           Eb            
Soon may the Wellerman come
Fm                    Cm         
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Ab           Eb                  
One day when the tonguing is done
Cm                       Ab Eb
We'll take our leave and go ■ 
     Fm  Cm  Ab Eb            
Soon may the ■  Wellerman come
                      C7  C C7        
To bring us sugar and tea ■ ■  and rum


[End]
C7                               
One day when the tonguing is done
C7                         
We'll take our leave and go