| D | D | D | D | D | D |
                 (riff)

[Verse 1]
|D                 |D    |D                        |D      |
 Daddy was a sailor .... "Join the Navy, See the World" ...
|D                 |D         |D                      |D D D/E D/F# |
 Daddy was a sailor .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . .   .
|G               |D         |G                        |D         |
 Taught me how to dance, ... taught me that jitter bug groove ...
|G             |D               |A                     |D       |D   |
 Taught me all about romance, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....

[Verse 2]
|D                |D   |D                        |D      |
 Daddy was a lover .... traveled all around the world ...
|D                |D         |D                      |D D D/E D/F# |
 Daddy was a lover .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . .   .
|G               |D        |G                  |D        |
 Taught me how to cuss, ... some folks didn't approve ...
|G               |D                 |A                     |D       |D   |
 Taught me how to fight and fuss, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....

[Bridge]
|Bm             |Bm  |D               |
 .. Daddy wasn't always home that much .
|D      |G       G/F# |Em      Em/D |D            |
 ... But somehow . he  managed .  to keep in touch
|D          |Bm                 |Bm            |D           |
 ... Yes, he sent me a hula girl post card from Hawaii, he did
|D               |G     G/F#  |Em Em/D    |A           |A       |
 ... And that was just enough  .  for that six-year-old kid ...

[Break]
| D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D D D/E D/F# |
| G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D | A | A     |
                                      Well,
[Verse 3]
  |D                 |D             |D                          |D
 I never joined the navy ... but you know I've been around the world ...
       |D                        |D   |
 'Cause somethin' that he gave me ....
|D                        |D  D D/E D/F# |
 Pleases all the little girls . .   .
|G            |D           |G                    |D                |
 Move a little closer baby, please say "yes," no, don't say "maybe"
    |G                   |D                 |
 The time is right and it feels good tonight
  |A                       |D         |A                       |D        |
 I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
  |A                       |D         |A                       |D        |
 I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
  |A                       |D         |A                       |D        |
 I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...

[Outro]
 |A         |D        |A         |D        |
  Oooh, oooh-oooh ...  Oooh, oooh-oooh ...
 |A         |D       |D   |D    |D    |D  |
  Oooh, oooh-oooh ... ... (Riff)

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Sailor's Hornpipe Riff:
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