[Verse 1]
Bm
Sing ho! for a brave and a gallant ship
D
And a fast and a favoring breeze
Bm
With a bully good crew and a captain too
D
To carry me over the seas
Bm
To carry me over the seas, me boys
D
To my true love far away
Bm Bm
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
F#m D Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Chorus]
Bm
So blow ye winds and blow
F#m
And a roving I will go
A E
I'll stay no more on this old shore
D Bm
And hear that fiddler play
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Verse 2]
Bm
Oh, my own true love was beautiful
D
My own true love was young
Bm
She had diamonds in her eyes, my friends
D
And silvery was her tongue
Bm
Silvery was her tongue, oh yes
D
And the big ship left the bay
Bm Bm
Fair well said she, be good to me Yuri
F#m D Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Chorus]
Bm
So blow ye winds and blow
F#m
And a roving I will go
A E
I'll stay no more on this old shore
D Bm
And hear that fiddler play
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Verse 3]
Bm
It's been at least a hundred days
D
Since I last saw me Meg
Bm
She had a government band around one hand
D
And another one 'round her leg
Bm
And another one 'round her leg, me boys
D
And the big ship left the bay
Bm Bm
I swore that I'd be true to her
F#m D Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Chorus]
Bm
So blow ye winds and blow
F#m
And a roving I will go
A E
I'll stay no more on this old shore
D Bm
And hear that fiddler play
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Verse 4]
Bm
Oh, I wish I was a bosun bold
D
Or a sailor without fear
Bm
I'd build me a boat and away I'd float
D
And straight to me true love steer
Bm
And straight to me true love steer, me boys
D
Where the dancin' dolphins play
Bm Bm
Where the whales and sharks are having their larks
F#m D Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Chorus]
Bm
So blow ye winds and blow
F#m
And a roving I will go
A E
I'll stay no more on this old shore
D Bm
And hear that fiddler play
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Bridge]
Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm F#m D Bm
[Chorus]
Bm
So blow ye winds and blow
F#m
And a roving I will go
A E
I'll stay no more on this old shore
D Bm
And hear that fiddler play
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Verse 5]
Bm
Well, the sun will shine through the London fog
D
Or the water running clear
Bm
Or the ocean brine turn into wine
D
Or I'll forget me beer
Bm
Or I'll forget me beer, me boys
D
On the landlord's quarter-pay
Bm Bm
But I'll won't forget me own true love
F#m D Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Chorus]
Bm
So blow ye winds and blow
F#m
And a roving I will go
A E
I'll stay no more on this old shore
D Bm
And hear that fiddler play
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away
[Chorus]
Bm
I'm off on a bounding main
F#m
And I won't be back again
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm
Ten thousand miles away
A E
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
D Bm F#m Bm
Ten thousand miles away