The Last Shanty Chords by Nathan Evans

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


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


[Verse]
         Gb7                    D7                 
Well the killick of our mess he says we had it soft
   A7                               E  E7           
It wasn't like that in his day when we were up aloft
Gb7                                 D                       
We like our bunks and sleeping bags but what's a hammock for
A7                         E7                   
Swinging from the deckhead or lying on the floor


[Chorus]
Gb7                    D                      
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
A7                            E7          E        
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
Gbm           Gb7           D                    
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
A7                            E        E7     
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore


[Inst]
Gbm7 Gbm D A E Gbm7
■    ■   ■ ■ ■ ■   
Gbm D A E7
■   ■ ■ ■ 


[Verse]
Gbm                         D                     
They gave us an engine that first went up and down
    A                         E                     
And then with more technology the engine went around
Gbm         Gbm7                  D                    
We know our steam and diesels but what's a mainyard for
  A                            E             
A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel anymore


[Chorus]
           Gbm               D                
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
A                                E                 
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
Gbm                             D                
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
  A                                           
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore
                  Gb7                     D7  
Don't haul on the rope don't climb up the mast
A7                               E7                
And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last
Gb7                                     D        
Just get your civvies ready for another runashore
  A7                            E      E7     
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't a sailor anymore


[Inst]
Gbm7 Gbm D A E7 Gbm
■    ■   ■ ■ ■  ■  
D A E
■ ■ ■


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


[End]