INTRO 2 MEASUD  FINGER PICK

Dm                   C    Am
When first I came to Liverpool
  Dm    C     Dm
I went upon a spree
   Dm           F
Me money alas I spent too fast
    F        C           A
Got drunk as drunk could be
    Dm
And when my money was all gone
      F      C      A
'Twas then I wanted more
      Dm                   C           Am
But a man must be blind to make up his mind
   Dm    C        Dm
To go to sea once more

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  Dm                   C   Am
I spent the night with Angeline
Dm          C        Dm
Too drunk to roll in bed
Dm            F
My watch was new and my money too
F              C             A
In the mornin' with 'em she fled
    Dm
And as I roamed the streets about
    F        C            A
The whores they all would roar
      Dm               C          Am
Here comes Jack Rack, the young sailin' lad
    Dm        C        Dm
He must go to sea once more

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    Dm                C      Am
As I was walkin' down the street
Dm         C       Dm
I met with Rapper Brown
Dm           F
I asked for him to take me in
F            C              A
And he looked at me with a frown
   Dm
He said last time you was paid off
   F           C        A
With me you jobbed no score
     Dm             C               Am
But I'll take your advance and I'll give ya's a chance
      Dm            C       Dm
And I'll send you to sea once more

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     Dm            C          Am
I hired me aboard of a whaling ship
   Dm         C     Dm
Bound for the Artic seas
Dm                        F
Where the cold winds blow through the frost and the snow
     F        C        A
And Jamaican rum would freeze
    Dm
And worst and bear I'd no hard weather gear
   F          C           A
For I'd lost all my money ashore
     Dm           C            Am
'Twas then that I wished that I was dead
  Dm           C      Dm
So I'd gone to sea no more

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   Dm          C               Am
Some days we're catching whales me lads
    Dm           C           Dm
And some days we're catching none
    Dm            F
With a twenty foot oar cocked in our hands
    F         C          A
From four o'clock in the morn
    Dm
And when the shades of night come in
    F      C       A
We rest on our weary oar
    Dm        C             Am
'Twas then I wished that I was dead
     Dm        C       Dm
Or safe with the girls ashore

     Dm         C           Am
Come all you bold seafarin' men
    Dm      C     Dm
And listen to my song
    Dm            F
If you come off of them long trips
    F        C       A
I'd have ya's not go wrong
     Dm
Take my advice, drink no strong drink
   F          C            A
Don't go sleeping with no whores
   Dm         C           Am
Get married lads and have all night in
     Dm        C         Dm
So you'll go to sea no more