E            E         B           B
I wish I was a cabin boy on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war


 [Verse 2]
  E            E      B           B
I wish I was a gunner on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war


 [Verse 3]
  E            E     B           B
I wish I was a bosun on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war


 [Verse 4]
  E             E       B           B
I wish I was an officer on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war


 [Verse 5]
  E            E       B           B
I wish I was a captain on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war


 [Verse 6]
  E            E          B           B
I wish I was a ship's cat on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war


 [Verse 7]
  E            E        B           B
I wish I was a molecule on a man of war
E           E     B              E 
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war
       E           E            A       E
Pretty work, brave boys, pretty work, I say!
E           E     B              E
Sam's gone away, aboard a man of war