Off To Sea

	  		
Verse 1:
     Am                G            F      G      Am 
When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon the spree 
     Am                C/G                 Am                   G 
With money at last, I spent it fast, I got drunk as drunk could be, 
    C/G           G                    Am                 G 
But when my money was all gone, it was then that I wanted more, 
      Am                   G                   F     G        Am 
But a man must be blind to make up his mind to go to sea once more. 


 

     C          G     Am             G 
Once more, once more, go to sea once more, 
      Am                   G 
But a man must be blind to make up his mind, 
   F     G        Am 
To go to sea once more. 



 
Verse 2:
    Am               G             F          G      Am 
And as I walked down London Road I met with a Rapper Brown, 
  Am                C/G               Am                  G 
I asked him if he'd take me in and he looked at me with a frown, 
   C/G                  G                Am                G 
He said: "Last time you was paid off, to me you chalked no score, 
         Am                         G                           F           G        Am 
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance, and I'll send you to sea once more." 



 
    C          G     Am                   G 
Once more, once more, send you to sea once more, 
         Am                         G 
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance 
         F                 G        Am 
And I'll send you to go to sea once more. 


Verse 3:
  Am                    G                       F             G         Am 
I shipped on board of a whaling barque, we were bound for the Greenland seas 
      Am                      C/G                 Am                G 
Where cold winds blow through frost and snow, why Jamaica rum would freeze 
    C/G                   G                         Am                 G 
And worst to bear, I'd no hard weather gear, as I'd spent all my money ashore 
       Am                      G                    F     G      Am 
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more 



   C        G     Am           G 
No more, no more, go to sea no more 
       Am                      G 
It was then that I wished that I was dead 
          F     G      Am 
And could go to sea no more 



Verse 4:
     Am                   G                     F           G        Am 
Some times we're catching whales, my lads, some times we're catching none 
       Am                    C/G               Am                  G 
With a twenty-foot oar stuck in your paw, from four o'clock in the morn 
    C/G              G                     Am                 G 
And as the shades of night roll on and you rest on your weary oar, 
       Am                      G                    F     G      Am 
It was then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more 


 

   C        G     Am           G 
No more, no more, go to sea no more 
       Am                      G 
It was then that I wished that I was dead 
          F     G      Am 
And could go to sea no more 



Verse 5:
 
        Am                   G                 F      G     Am 
So come all you hard weather sailing lads, who listen to my song 
     Am                C/G                   Am              G 
When you get back from those long trips, I'd have you not go wrong 
     C/G              G                          Am                    G 
Take my advice, drink no strong drink, don't you knock on that brothel door 
        Am                        G                     F     G      Am 
But get married instead and spend all night in bed, and go to sea no more. 


 

   C        G     Am           G 
No more, no more, go to sea no more 
        Am                        G 
But get married instead and spend all night in bed, 
    F     G      Am 
And go to sea no more.