G    D  C  D  G    D  C  D

[Verse 1]
G         D      G   D     C            G
So maybe another way would have been better
Em              D C   Cm     Eb
If you had been older or had known a thing or two 
  Bb        Dm D                G      D
Before you set sail for the New World


[Verse 2]
G    C           Bm     A
Sail for the New World, mate
C   D      G
All ships ahoy
       C              Bm       A
Trouble is all of the things I hate
        C   D         G
But I'm still a young boy


[Verse 3]
       Em     A7  D             F         C
In the meantime a chance in the form of a light
        Cm         G
Makes a man take a stance 
                           D            G       D   G
And dash his boat upon the rocks in the dead of night
    D            G       D   G
The rocks in the dead of night
    C   Cm Eb                 Bb
The rocks_____ in the dead of night


[Verse 4]
G              C              D
So what if you had been lucky then
     C             G
What would it make you?
Em              D  C   Cm        Eb           Bb
So there'd be a statue so people won't forget you
Dm  D                G       D
Set sail for the New World


[Verse 5]
G    C           Bm     A
Sail for the New World, mate
      C       D      G
Let's not and say we did
        C            Bm         A
Trouble comes and it seals your fate
       C      D      G
As you turn into the skid


[Verse 6]
     C           Bm     A
Sail for the New World, mate
F   G      C
All ships ahoy
G       F              Em   Dm
Trouble comes when you graduate
        F   G         C  F
But I'm still a young boy
            G         C  F
But I'm still a young boy
            G         C    Eb   Bb  Dm  D  G
But I'm still a young boy