INTRO:
F C Eb Bb D  C
A  A  A  D  D


ACT 1:
D                    Bm      Em                  A
 Well do you get the itching to  trek about the latitudes
    D
You do?
                     Bm       Em       A        A
Well likely you're a chip off Ole Sir Rugglesby

D                     Bm      Em
 Well he was quite a sporting sort
                  A         D
Behind his cup o'tea he'd snort

      G           Abm       D                   C
I'll wager on the line ten thousand pounds and five
B       Em               A           D             Db    F  C  D  C  A  A  A
I'm the only man who'll ever get to Hell and come back alive


ACT 2:
D                    Bm   Em
 Now in the fall of forty-nine
                       A
He skipped across the seven brine
      D                  Bm      Em     A      A
This time looking for a berth in naval history

  D                        Bm                      Em
'Tweren't never heard nor seen again (Never seen again)
            A           D
Officially presumed as dead

         G              Abm         D               C
But the words he left behind still echo through my mind
B       Em              A           D             Db    C
I'm the only man who'd ever get to Hell and come back alive

 B        Em               A             D             Db     F   C
(He's the  only man who'll ever get to) Hell and come back alive


INTERE SB ON:
   D  C  A                    D
So         So off he went around the world

Bm   Em   F A   D  Bm   G  Bb7


ACT 3:
     Eb                            Cm                Fm
... Then one night while tripping down the English coast
                     Bb             Eb
The moon was whiter than a ghost almost
                Cm                   Fm       Bb       Eb
When I heard a voice yell through a megaphone   (And there upon)
                    Cm      Fm                 Bb       Eb
And there upon the midnight sea a signal lamp signalled me

         Ab                Am          Eb             Db
I could feel me blood run cold as the messaged did decode

 C      Fm              Bb           Eb            D     Db C
I'm the only man who's ever been to Hell and come back alive

     Ab                Am       Eb            Db
Well who else could it be  but Good Ole Rugglesby
 C       F               Bb          Eb            D     Db C
He's the only man could ever get to Hell and come back alive
  C   Fm
(Yes, he's the only man) He's the only one
  Bb
(Ever gone and been to) Who's been and gone

    Eb
To Hell and come back
 Eb
Hell and come back
                      Bb    Eb
Oh, to Hell and come back alive

 Eb
Hell and come back
    Eb
To Hell and come back
                  Bb    Eb
To Hell and come back alive (The only one who's been to)

 Eb
Hell and come back
    Eb
To Hell and come back
                  Bb    Eb
To Hell and come back alive