Off To Sea Chords by The Longest Johns

[Start]

[Verse]
Cm Bb Cm                     Bb           Ab          Cm       
■  ■  ■  When first I landed in Liverpool I went upon the spree
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With money at last I spent it fast I got drunk as drunk could be
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But when my money was all gone it was then that I wanted more
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But a man must be blind to make up his mind to go to sea once more


[Chorus]
Eb        Bb        Cm        Bb       
Once more once more go to sea once more
Cm                      Bb                  Ab           Cm       
But a man must be blind to make up his mind to go to sea once more


[Verse]
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And as I walked down London road I met with a Rapper Brown
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I asked him if he'd take me in and he looked at me with a frown
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He said Last time you was paid off to me you chucked no score
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But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance
Ab                       Cm       
And I'll send you to sea once more


[Chorus]
Eb        Bb        Cm              Bb       
Once more once more send you to sea once more
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But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance
Ab                       Cm       
And I'll send you to sea once more


[Verse]
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I shipped onboard of a whaling barque
   Ab                 Cm            
We were bound for the Greenland seas
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Where cold winds blow through frost and snow
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Why Jamaica rum would freeze
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And worst to bear I'd no hard weather gear
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As I'd spent all my money ashore
Cm                        Bb                  Ab              Cm     
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more


[Chorus]
Eb      Bb      Cm        Bb     
No more no more go to sea no more
   Cm                     Bb                  Ab              Cm     
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more


[Verse]
                Bb                     
Sometimes we're catching whales me lads
Ab              Cm           
Sometimes we're catching none
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With a twentyfoot oar stuck in your paw from four o'clock in the morn
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And as the shades of night roll on and you rest on your weary oar
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It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more


[Chorus]
Eb      Bb      Cm           Bb     
No more no more ■  go to sea no more
   Cm                     Bb                  Ab              Cm     
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more


[Verse]
                        Bb                  Ab            Cm     
So come all of you hard weathersailing lads who listen to my song
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When you get back from those long trips I'd have you not go wrong
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Take my advice
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Drink no strong drink don't you knock on that brothel door
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But get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more


[Chorus]
   Eb      Bb      Cm        Bb  
No more no more go to sea no more
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But get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more
        Eb    Bb      Cm        Bb  
No more ■  no more go to sea no more
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But get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more ■  ■ 


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