Bill Monroe – Where Is My Sailor Boy (Guitar)

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As recorded by Bill Monroe (From the Album ALL THE CLASSIC RELEASES 1937 - 1949) [Intro] C [Verse 1]
C                               F                  C
Oh, where is my sailor boy? Oh, where is my sailor boy?

   F                           C
He sleeps in the bottom of the deep blue sea

    G                  C
And can't come back to me
[Verse 2]
C                              F                 C
I stand on the beach alone and gaze at the misty blue

     F                    C
Deep sea ere you hold him to your breast

        G                  C
Does he mention my name to you?
[Chorus]
C                                   F                      C
Oh, what does the deep sea say? Oh, what does the deep sea say?

   F                       C                       G                   C
It moans, it groans, oh it splashes and foams, and rolls on it's weary way
[Mandolin Solo] C F C F C G C [Verse 3]
C                                      F                C
Oh please tell me deep blue sea, is he sleeping peacefully?

    F                        C
The winds from the north are blowing icy cold

       G                 C
Please keep him warm for me
[Verse 4]
C                              F                   C
If only my dreaming soul, some token or sign could find

   F                    C
If only the waves would show me where he sleeps

        G                  C
I would leave this world behind
[Chorus]
C                                   F                      C
Oh, what does the deep sea say? Oh, what does the deep sea say?

   F                       C                       G                   C
It moans, it groans, oh it splashes and foams, and rolls on it's weary way
[Mandolin Solo] C F C F C G C [Verse 5]
C                           F                        C
A beautiful rose one day, I placed on the crest of a wave

  F                       C
I said take it please and let it set upon

 G               C
Above his watery grave
[Verse 6]
C                                 F                     C
As it would I watched in vain, my rose never came back again

   F                 C
So wave take another message to my love

       G              C
Saying I'll meet him above
[Chorus]
C                                   F                      C
Oh, what does the deep sea say? Oh, what does the deep sea say?

   F                     C                       G                   C
It guards, it holds true lovers, and sleeps, and rolls on its weary way