Blow The Wind Southerly

	  		Intro: C F C F G C  

 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                             F      G    C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                      F     G  C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me 


verse 1 
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They told me last night there were ships in the offing 
    C         G           D            G 
And I hurried down to the deep rolling sea 
       F             C          G          C 
But my eye could not see it wherever might be it 
                   F          G        C  
The barque that is bearing my lover to me 

 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                            F     G    C 
Blow the wind south that my lover may come 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                       F         G    C 
Blow bonnie breeze and bring him safe home 


verse 2 
C              G              C            G 
I stood by the lighthouse the last time we parted 
     C             G             D            G 
Till darkness came down o'er the deep rolling sea 
       F        C              G            C 
And no longer I saw the bright barque of my lover 
            F          G            C 
Blow bonnie breeze and bring him to me 

 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                             F      G    C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                      F     G  C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me 


verse 3 
C         G        C            G 
Is it not sweet to hear breezes blowing 
   C            G             D            G 
As lightly they come o'er the deep rolling sea 
    F           C         G             C 
But sweeter and dearer by far when 'tis bearing 
                 F            G         C 
The barque of my true love in safety to me 

 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                            F     G    C 
Blow the wind south that my lover may come 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                       F         G    C 
Blow bonnie breeze and bring him safe home 


verse 4 
C                 G                 C              G 
My sweetheart had fared through the winter quite unfriendly 
    C          G           D            G   
His ship came along in the early spring tide 
       F            C         G             C 
Now my heartache is ended all rifts are now ended 
              F             G          C 
My lover will soon be right here by my side 

 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                             F      G    C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                      F     G  C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me 


Verse 5 
C                    G      C           G 
The ships there were many a blowing and bowing 
    C             G           D         G  
And bending right o'er in the salty sea foam 
        F         C          G        C 
'Til my eye did behold it as many had told it 
                 F          G          C 
The great bonnie ship of my lover come home 


C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                             F      G    C 
Blow the wind south o'er the bonnie blue sea 
C                       F         C 
Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly 
                      F     G  C 
Blow bonnie breeze my lover to me