[INTRO:] C

[VERSE 1:]
                              F
There's some that's bound for New York Town
                          C
And some that's bound for France
                                  C    G    C
Heave away, me Johnnies -(pause)- heave___ away
        F                         C
There's some that's bound for the Bengal Bay
   F                   C
To teach them whales a dance
                                      G        C
Heave away, me Johnny boys, we're all bound to go


[VERSE 2:]
                  F
The pilot he is a-waiting for
                   C
The turning of the tide
                                  C    G    C
Heave away, me Johnnies -(pause)- heave___ away
    F                       C
And then, me boys, we'll be gone again
       F                   C
With a good and a westerly wind
                                      G        C
Heave away, me Johnny boys, we're all bound to go


[VERSE 3:]
                          F
Come all you hard working sailor men
                      C
Who round the Cape Of Storms
                                  C    G    C
Heave away, me Johnnies -(pause)- heave___ away
   F                   C
Be sure your boats and oilskins are
       F                  C
You'll wish you never was born
                                      G        C
Heave away, me Johnny boys, we're all bound to go


[VERSE 4:]
                         F
And farewell to you, you Kingston girls
                      C
Farewell St. Andrew's dock
                                  C    G    C
Heave away, me Johnnies -(pause)- heave___ away
   F         C
If ever we return again
      F                 C
We'll make your cradles rock
                                      G        C
Heave away, me Johnny boys, we're all bound to go


[VERSE 5:]
                                  F
And there's some that's bound for New York Town
                          C
And some that's bound for France
                                  C    G    C
Heave away, me Johnnies -(pause)- heave___ away
        F                         C
There's some that's bound for the Bengal Bay
   F                   C
To teach them whales a dance
                                      G        C
Heave away, me Johnny boys, we're all bound to go