The Last Shanty Chords by Derina Harvey Band

[Start]

[Verse]
N.C.                                              
Well me father often told me when I was just a lad
N.C.                                               
A sailor's life is very hard the food is always bad
N.C.                                             
But now I've joined the navy I'm aboard a manowar
N.C.                                               
And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more


[Chorus]
N.C.                                          
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
N.C.                                           
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
N.C.                                             
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
                                               D
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore ■
G D                                                    
■ ■ Well the killick of our mess he says we had it soft
                                    A7              
It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft
D                                                           
We like our bunks and sleeping bags but what's a hammock for
                              G     Asus4       
Swinging from the deckhead or lying on the floor
D                                             
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
             Bm              E             A   
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
D                                                
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
                                G      D      
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore


[Verse]
G D                                                   
■ ■ They gave us an engine that first went up and down
                              A      A7         
Then with more technology the engine went around
D                                                      
We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for
                               G      D      
A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore


[Chorus]
      D                                       
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
             Bm              E             A7  
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
D                                                
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
                                G      D      
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore


[Verse]
G D                                                    
■ ■ They gave us an Aldiss lamp so we could do it right
                        A                     
They gave us a radio we signaled day and night
D                                                   
We know our codes and cyphers but what's a semaphore
  D                                             
A buntingtosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore


[Chorus]
      D                                       
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
             Bm              E                 
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
D                                                
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
                 Bm             G      D       G 
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore ha


[Solo]
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[Chorus]
E                                                  
Two cans of beer a day and that's your bleeding lot
    E                                                      
And now we've got an extra one because they stopped the tot
E7                                E                
So we'll put on our civvy clothes find a pub ashore
  E7                                            
A sailor's just a sailor just like he was before
E                                             
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
             C#m             F#7           B7  
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
E                                                
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
  E                                           
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore
      E                                       
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
             C#m             F#7           B7  
If you see a sailing ship it might be your last
E                                                
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
  E                                           
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore
                 C#m                   E      
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore
  E                                              
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore ha


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