D                                 G                          D         A
I've been roaming all my life, and now I've found a lady wife, I'm staying right here 
      D                           G                               D       A     D 
Oh, I won't go sailing anymore, I won't obey the oceans call, I'm staying right here 

[Chorus]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need 

[Verse]
   D                      G                               D             A
At 14 I was Cabin boy, to fearsome Captain Buckleroy, I'm staying right here 
           D                             G                                D       A     D 
When I was sick he ordered cat-a-nine, until I said that I felt fine, I'm staying right here,

[Chorus]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need  

[Verse]
   D                               G                                  D             A
At 20 I manned that crows nest and captain said "I was the best", I'm staying right here,
      D                                G                                 D       A     D 
but I nearly lost my eyes to god, just looking out for old cape cod, I'm staying right here 

[Chorus]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need 

[Verse]
   D                     G                               D             A
At 25 no man alive could match my skills for gun'en, I'm staying right here,
        D                                  G                            D       A     D 
But the Captain he got drunk one night and sank the blasted cannon, I'm staying right here,

[Chorus]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need 

[Verse]
D                      G                                 D             A
Captain died at 28 and by then I was his first mate, I'm staying right here
        D                                G                              D       A     D 
Oh they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land, I'm staying right here,


[Chorus]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need 

[Verse]
D                                G                                 D             A
Stepped ashore at Felix stow and made for Bristol by the road, I'm staying right here,
       D                                      G                              
well I fell in love, when, first, I saw, her, Avon county's finest daughter, 
     D                         A     D 
and now she's got me staying right here, hoo-hey!

[Chorus]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need

[Outro]
          D                          G                           D                A
I'll be a man of the land, I'll be a man of the trees, I'll be a man, wherever my woman will be 
           D                             G 
I won't be any captains mate, I won't be servant of the seas;
            D             A        D   A  D 
'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need